Gentoo: GLSA-202307-19 High: Pidgin Remote Execution Threat
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June 21, 2012
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Pidgin, the worst of which allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.0-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0013 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0013 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2485 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2485 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-3594 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3594
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-11
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 21, 2012
Bugs: #299751, #372785, #385073
ID: 201206-11
Background
Pidgin is an GTK Instant Messenger client.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/pidgin < 2.10.0-r1 >= 2.10.0-r1
Impact
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These vulnerabilities allow for arbitrary file retrieval, Denial of
Service and arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user
running Pidgin.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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