Debian 8: DSA-3620-1 Moderate: Pidgin Remote Code Execution Risk
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July 15, 2016
Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered several vulnerabilities in the MXit protocol support in pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client
Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.11.0-0+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.11.0-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.11.0-1.
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/
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CVE ID: CVE-2016-2365 CVE-2016-2366 CVE-2016-2367 CVE-2016-2368
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