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1.8 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/glsa.xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/guide.xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201207-05">
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<title>pidgin-otr: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A format string vulnerability in pidgin-otr may allow execution of
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arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pidgin-otr</product>
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<announced>July 09, 2012</announced>
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<revised>July 09, 2012: 1</revised>
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<bug>416263</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="x11-plugins/pidgin-otr" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.2.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.2.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>pidgin-otr messaging allows you to have private conversations over
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instant messaging.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A format string vulnerability has been found in the "log_message_cb()"
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function in otr-plugin.c.
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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 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-otr 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 ">=x11-plugins/pidgin-otr-3.2.1"
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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-2012-2369">CVE-2012-2369</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:39:18 +0000" tag="requester">
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underling
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</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:35:33 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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