Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pidgin
announced via advisory USN-820-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libgnutls12 1.2.9-2ubuntu1.7
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libgnutls13 2.0.4-1ubuntu2.6
Ubuntu 8.10:
libgnutls26 2.4.1-1ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu 9.04:
libgnutls26 2.4.2-6ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-820-1
Insight
Federico Muttis discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2694 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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