Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title pidgin-otr: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201207-05 First vendor Publication 2012-07-09
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2012-07-09
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A format string vulnerability in pidgin-otr may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

pidgin-otr messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging.

Description

A format string vulnerability has been found in the "log_message_cb()"
function in otr-plugin.c.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All pidgin-otr users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-plugins/pidgin-otr-3.2.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2369 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2369

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-05.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20100
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20100
Title: DSA-2476-1 pidgin-otr - format string vulnerability
Description: Intrigeri discovered a format string error in pidgin-otr, an Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2476-1
CVE-2012-2369
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): pidgin-otr
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin-otr FEDORA-2012-7948
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_7948_pidgin-otr_fc17.nasl
2012-08-10 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201207-05 (pidgin-otr)
File : nvt/glsa_201207_05.nasl
2012-05-31 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2476-1 (pidgin-otr)
File : nvt/deb_2476_1.nasl
2012-05-31 Name : FreeBSD Ports: pidgin-otr
File : nvt/freebsd_pidgin-otr.nasl
2012-05-22 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin-otr FEDORA-2012-8063
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8063_pidgin-otr_fc16.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-314.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_pidgin-otr-120604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201207-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-7948.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2476.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-18 Name : The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a remote for...
File : pidgin_otr_3_2_1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_aa71daaa9f8c11e1bd0a0082a0c18826.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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