oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6637

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6637
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6637
Title: DSA-2038 pidgin -- several vulnerabilities
Description: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: Crafted nicknames in the XMPP protocol can crash Pidgin remotely. Remote contacts may send too many custom smilies, crashing Pidgin. Since a few months, Microsoft’s servers for MSN have changed the protocol, making Pidgin non-functional for use with MSN. It is not feasible to port these changes to the version of Pidgin in Debian Lenny. This update formalises that situation by disabling the protocol in the client. Users of the MSN protocol are advised to use the version of Pidgin in the repositories of www.backports.org.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2038
CVE-2010-0420
CVE-2010-0423
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s): pidgin
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6513
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6513
Title: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) is installed
Family: unix Class: inventory
Reference(s): cpe:/o:debian:debian_gnu/linux:5.0
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s):
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6637