CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.6%
Pidgin is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.803308");
script_version("2024-02-08T05:05:59+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0271", "CVE-2013-0272", "CVE-2013-0273", "CVE-2013-0274");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 05:05:59 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-02-20 19:21:44 +0530 (Wed, 20 Feb 2013)");
script_name("Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Feb 2013) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/52178");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57952");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57954");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=65");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=68");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code,
overwrite arbitrary local files or cause a denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.7");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to:
- MXit protocol in libpurple saves an image to local disk using a filename.
- Buffer overflow in http.c via HTTP header.
- Does not properly terminate long user IDs, in sametime.c in libpurple.
- upnp.c in libpurple fails to null-terminate strings in UPnP responses.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.10.7 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
pidginVer = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
if(pidginVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_less(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.10.7"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:pidginVer, fixed_version:"2.10.7");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}