GLSA 201206-11: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:06/21/2012
Bugs: #299751, #372785, #385073
ID:201206-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Pidgin, the worst of which allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Pidgin is an GTK Instant Messenger client.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-im/pidgin < 2.10.0-r1 >= 2.10.0-r1 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

These vulnerabilities allow for arbitrary file retrieval, Denial of Service and arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Pidgin.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.0-r1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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