glsa-201209-17.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201209-17">
  <title>Pidgin: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute
    arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pidgin</product>
  <announced>2012-09-27</announced>
  <revised>2012-09-27: 1</revised>
  <bug>425076</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-im/pidgin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.10.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.10.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant
      messaging protocols. libpurple is the core library for Pidgin.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the MXit
      protocol plug-in for libpurple.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the Pidgin process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-im/pidgin-2.10.6"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3374">CVE-2012-3374</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-20T13:28:52Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2012-09-27T11:52:16Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>