5 - SUN-277450

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Summary
Title	Sun Alert 277450 A Security Vulnerability in Solaris Pidgin (see pidgin(1)) May Allow Remote Unprivileged Users to Access Arbitrary Files

Informations
Name	SUN-277450	First vendor Publication	2010-02-19
Vendor	Sun	Last vendor Modification	2010-02-19
Severity (Vendor)	N/A	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:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score	5	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	2.9	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	10	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Product: OpenSolaris

A vulnerability in the MSN protocol handler of libpurple(3), the sharedlibrary that adds support for various instant messaging networks to thepidgin(1) Instant Messaging client (previously known as Gaim), mayallow remote unprivileged users to retrieve arbitrary files (readableby the targeted user) on the target's computer via a custom "smiley"request.

Additional information on this issue can be found in the followingdocument:

CVE-2010-0013 at http://www.security-database.com/detail.php?cve=CVE-2010-0013

State: Resolved

First released: 19-Feb-2010

Sun Alert Link:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_277450_a_security

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id	Name
CAPEC-23	File System Function Injection, Content Based
CAPEC-64	Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
CAPEC-76	Manipulating Input to File System Calls
CAPEC-78	Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
CAPEC-79	Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
CAPEC-139	Relative Path Traversal

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10333

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10333
Title:	Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
Description:	Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2010-0013	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section finch-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND libpurple is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND libpurple-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND libpurple-tcl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND pidgin-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND libpurple-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND finch is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND pidgin-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 AND pidgin is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el4.1 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section finch-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-tcl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND finch is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17620

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17620
Title:	Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon
Description:	Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
Family:	windows	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2010-0013	Version:	3
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows Server 2012	Product(s):	Pidgin
Definition Synopsis:
Pidgin is installed AND Version of Pidgin equals 2.6.4

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22173

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22173
Title:	RHSA-2010:0044: pidgin security update (Important)
Description:	Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2010:0044-01 CESA-2010:0044 CVE-2010-0013	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5	Product(s):	pidgin
Definition Synopsis:
Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x Packages section libpurple is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND finch is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND finch-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-tcl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23006

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23006
Title:	ELSA-2010:0044: pidgin security update (Important)
Description:	Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2010:0044-01 CVE-2010-0013	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	pidgin
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test libpurple is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND finch is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND finch-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND pidgin-perl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5 AND libpurple-tcl is earlier than 0:2.6.5-1.el5

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Adium cpe:2.3:a:adium:adium:1.3.8:::::::*	1
Application	Pidgin cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:::::::*	1
Os	Fedoraproject Fedora cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:::::::*	2
Os	Opensuse cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.0:::::::*	6
Os	Redhat Enterprise Linux cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:::::::*	2
Os	Suse Linux Enterprise cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:11.0:-::::::	1
Os	Suse Linux Enterprise Server cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:::-:::*	2

ExploitDB Exploits

id	Description
2010-01-19	Pidgin MSN <= 2.6.4 File Download Vulnerability

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2012-08-10	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-11 (Pidgin) File : nvt/glsa_201206_11.nasl
2011-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2010:0044 centos5 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0044_finch_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-11-16	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-17130 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_17130_pidgin_fc12.nasl
2010-08-02	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-11315 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_11315_pidgin_fc12.nasl
2010-05-28	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-8524 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_8524_pidgin_fc12.nasl
2010-05-28	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-8523 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_8523_pidgin_fc11.nasl
2010-05-04	Name : FreeBSD Ports: pidgin File : nvt/freebsd_pidgin1.nasl
2010-04-30	Name : Mandriva Update for pidgin MDVSA-2010:085 (pidgin) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_085.nasl
2010-03-02	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-0429 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_0429_pidgin_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-0368 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_0368_pidgin_fc12.nasl
2010-03-02	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-1279 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1279_pidgin_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02	Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-1383 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1383_pidgin_fc12.nasl
2010-03-02	Name : Mandriva Update for dhcp MDVA-2010:085 (dhcp) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_085.nasl
2010-01-20	Name : Ubuntu Update for pidgin vulnerabilities USN-886-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_886_1.nasl
2010-01-19	Name : RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2010:0044-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0044-01_pidgin.nasl
2010-01-19	Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2010:0044 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0044_finch_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-01-19	Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2010:0044 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0044_finch_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2010-01-16	Name : Pidgin MSN Custom Smileys File Disclosure Vulnerability (Linux) File : nvt/gb_pidgin_msnslp_dir_trav_vuln_lin.nasl
2010-01-16	Name : Pidgin MSN Custom Smileys File Disclosure Vulnerability (Win) File : nvt/gb_pidgin_msnslp_dir_trav_vuln_win.nasl
2010-01-15	Name : Mandriva Update for pidgin MDVSA-2010:001 (pidgin) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_001.nasl
2010-01-15	Name : Mandriva Update for pidgin MDVSA-2010:002 (pidgin) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_002.nasl
0000-00-00	Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2010-024-03 pidgin File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2010_024_03.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
61421	Adium MSN Custom Smileys Feature Emoticon Request Traversal Arbitrary File Di...
61420	Pidgin MSN Custom Smileys Feature Emoticon Request Traversal Arbitrary File D...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20100114_pidgin_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-22	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201206-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_finch-6856.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_finch-6861.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-11-11	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-17130.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-02	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-11315.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-30	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-8524.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-8523.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-1383.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-1279.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-0429.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2010-0368.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-29	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-085.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-04	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_finch-100219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-04	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_finch-100219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-04	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_finch-100219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-03	Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_finch-100219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-25	Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2010-024-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-19	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-886-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-15	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-15	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2010-0044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-12	Name : An instant messaging client installed on the remote Windows host is affected ... File : pidgin_2_6_5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-12	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Global Informations

Type	Count
Capec ID(s)	6
CWE ID(s)	2
Oval ID(s)	4
CPE ID(s)	15
osvdb(s)	2
ExploitDB Exploit(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	22
Nessus® Exploit(s)	25

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