Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66123
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1536
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1536.;;Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple;accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The AOL;Open System for Communication in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used by the;AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems.;;An invalid pointer dereference bug was found in the way the Pidgin OSCAR;protocol implementation processed lists of contacts. A remote attacker;could send a specially-crafted contact list to a user running Pidgin,;causing Pidgin to crash. (CVE-2009-3615);;These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.3. Refer to the Pidgin release;notes for a full list of changes.;;All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct;this issue. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1536. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The AOL Open System for Communication in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used by the AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems. An invalid pointer dereference bug was found in the way the Pidgin OSCAR protocol implementation processed lists of contacts. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted contact list to a user running Pidgin, causing Pidgin to crash. (CVE-2009-3615) These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.3. Refer to the Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date 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-2009-3615 36719 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719 37017 http://secunia.com/advisories/37017 37072 http://secunia.com/advisories/37072 ADV-2009-2949 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949 ADV-2009-2951 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951 ADV-2010-1020 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 MDVSA-2010:085 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481 http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0 http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18388 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18388 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9414 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9414 pidgin-oscar-protocol-dos(53807) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807
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