Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pidgin, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code. pidgin 2017-01-17 2017-01-17 586698 remote 2.11.0 2.11.0

Pidgin is a client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.

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

A remote attacker might send specially crafted data using the MXit protocol, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or in leaking confidential information.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.11.0"

CVE-2016-1000030 CVE-2016-2365 CVE-2016-2366 CVE-2016-2367 CVE-2016-2368 CVE-2016-2369 CVE-2016-2370 CVE-2016-2371 CVE-2016-2372 CVE-2016-2373 CVE-2016-2374 CVE-2016-2375 CVE-2016-2376 CVE-2016-2377 CVE-2016-2378 CVE-2016-2379 CVE-2016-2380 CVE-2016-4323 whissi b-man