NASLDB: Debian DSA-2476-1 : pidgin-otr - format string vulnerability
General
ID: 59215
Name: Debian DSA-2476-1 : pidgin-otr – format string vulnerability
Summary: Checks dpkg output for the updated package
Credits: –
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
intrigeri discovered a format string error in pidgin-otr, an
Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.
This could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code
to be executed on the user’s machine.
The problem is only in pidgin-otr. Other applications which use libotr
are not affected.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –
Sources
CVE: CVE-2012-2369
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2012/05/19
Plugin Release: 2012/05/22
Plugin
Version: 1.2
Filename: debian_DSA-2476.nasl
Filesize: 2912 bytes
MD5 Hash: 107c88ad1b9e7bf868f41cbf23679739
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: This script is© 2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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