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52 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201209-17">
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<title>Pidgin: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute
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arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pidgin</product>
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<announced>September 27, 2012</announced>
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<revised>September 27, 2012: 1</revised>
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<bug>425076</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-im/pidgin" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.10.6</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.10.6</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant
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messaging protocols. libpurple is the core library for Pidgin.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the MXit
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protocol plug-in for libpurple.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the Pidgin process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.6"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3374">CVE-2012-3374</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:28:52 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:52:16 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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