Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pidgin-otr announced via advisory DSA 2476-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202476-1
Insight
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.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0-5+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin-otr packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-2369 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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