Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-2100-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-02-06 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-02-06 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Pidgin. Software Description: - pidgin: graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X Details: Thijs Alkemade and Robert Vehse discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the Yahoo! protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-6152) Jaime Breva Ribes discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the XMPP protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6477) It was discovered that Pidgin incorrecly handled long URLs. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6478) Jacob Appelbaum discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain HTTP responses. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6479) Daniel Atallah discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the Yahoo! protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6481) Fabian Yamaguchi and Christian Wressnegger discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the MSN protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6482) Fabian Yamaguchi and Christian Wressnegger discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled XMPP iq replies. A remote attacker could use this issue to spoof messages. (CVE-2013-6483) It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled STUN server responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6484) Matt Jones discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain chunked HTTP responses. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6485) Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain Gadu-Gadu HTTP messages. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6487) Yves Younan and Pawel Janic discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled MXit emoticons. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6489) Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled SIMPLE headers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6490) Daniel Atallah discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled IRC argument parsing. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0020) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: Ubuntu 12.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to restart Pidgin to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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46 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
23 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
23 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
8 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22226 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22226 | ||
Title: | DSA-2852-1 libgadu - heap-based buffer overflow | ||
Description: | Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu, a library for accessing the Gadu-Gadu instant messaging service, contained an integer overflow leading to a buffer overflow. Attackers which impersonate the server could crash clients and potentially execute arbitrary code. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2852-1 CVE-2013-6487 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 | Product(s): | libgadu |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22257 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22257 | ||
Title: | USN-2101-1 -- libgadu vulnerability | ||
Description: | libgadu could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | USN-2101-1 CVE-2013-6487 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | libgadu |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22474 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22474 | ||
Title: | DSA-2859-1 pidgin - several | ||
Description: | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2859-1 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2013-6490 CVE-2014-0020 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 | Product(s): | pidgin |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22557 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22557 | ||
Title: | USN-2100-1 -- pidgin vulnerabilities | ||
Description: | Several security issues were fixed in Pidgin. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | USN-2100-1 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2013-6490 CVE-2014-0020 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | pidgin |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24323 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24323 | ||
Title: | DSA-2859-2 pidgin - security update | ||
Description: | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2859-2 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2013-6490 CVE-2014-0020 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 | Product(s): | pidgin |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25166 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25166 | ||
Title: | SUSE-SU-2014:0702-1 -- Security update for finch | ||
Description: | The pidgin Instant Messenger has been updated to fix various security issues: * CVE-2014-0020: Remotely triggerable crash in IRC argument parsing * CVE-2013-6490: Buffer overflow in SIMPLE header parsing * CVE-2013-6489: Buffer overflow in MXit emoticon parsing * CVE-2013-6487: Buffer overflow in Gadu-Gadu HTTP parsing * CVE-2013-6486: Pidgin uses clickable links to untrusted executables * CVE-2013-6485: Buffer overflow parsing chunked HTTP responses * CVE-2013-6484: Crash reading response from STUN server * CVE-2013-6483: XMPP doesn't verify 'from' on some iq replies * CVE-2013-6482: NULL pointer dereference parsing SOAP data in MSN * CVE-2013-6482: NULL pointer dereference parsing OIM data in MSN * CVE-2013-6482: NULL pointer dereference parsing headers in MSN * CVE-2013-6481: Remote crash reading Yahoo! P2P message * CVE-2013-6479: Remote crash parsing HTTP responses * CVE-2013-6478: Crash when hovering pointer over a long URL * CVE-2013-6477: Crash handling bad XMPP timestamp * CVE-2012-6152: Yahoo! remote crash from incorrect character encoding | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2014:0702-1 CVE-2014-0020 CVE-2013-6490 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6486 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2012-6152 | Version: | 3 |
Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | Product(s): | finch |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25421 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25421 | ||
Title: | SUSE-SU-2014:0790-1 -- Security update for libgadu | ||
Description: | A memory corruption vulnerability has been fixed in libgadu. CVE-2013-6487 has been assigned to this issue. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2014:0790-1 CVE-2013-6487 | Version: | 3 |
Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | Product(s): | libgadu |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2014-01-10 | Pidgin MXIT emoticon integer overflow attempt RuleID : 28088 - Revision : 4 - Type : POLICY-SOCIAL |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2015-08-17 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201508-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-01-19 | Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software. File : solaris11_pidgin_20140731.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-06-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_libgadu-140521.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2014-400.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2014-132.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-05-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_finch-140508.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-05-19 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201405-22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-24 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2341.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-19 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-039.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-17 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-1999.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-17 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2859.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-11 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2101-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-07 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2100-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2852.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-06 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20140205_pidgin_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-06 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-0139.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-06 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0139.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-2013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-06 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2014-0139.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-04 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2014-034-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-02-04 | Name : An instant messaging client installed on the remote Windows host is affected ... File : pidgin_2_10_8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2014-02-17 12:03:05 |
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2014-02-07 00:22:10 |
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2014-02-06 21:24:35 |
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2014-02-06 17:18:33 |
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