Debian: DSA-3055-1: pidgin security update
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a multi-protocol
instant messaging client:
CVE-2014-3694
It was discovered that the SSL/TLS plugins failed to validate the
basic constraints extension in intermediate CA certificates.
CVE-2014-3695
Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that emotictons with
overly large length values could crash Pidgin.
CVE-2014-3696
Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that malformed Groupwise
messages could crash Pidgin.
CVE-2014-3698
Thijs Alkemade and Paul Aurich discovered that malformed XMPP
messages could result in memory disclosure.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.10.10-1~deb7u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.10.10-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org