Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64382
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-796-1 (pidgin)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to pidgin announced via advisory USN-796-1. Details follow: Yuriy Kaminskiy discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain messages in the ICQ protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5 Ubuntu 8.10: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 9.04: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.3 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Pidgin to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-796-1 CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1889 BugTraq ID: 35530 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35530 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00162.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00176.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00228.html http://pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/2009-May/008227.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10004 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1139.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35693 http://secunia.com/advisories/35697 http://secunia.com/advisories/35706 http://secunia.com/advisories/37071 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-796-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1749 XForce ISS Database: pidgin-oscar-dos(51448) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51448
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