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Gentoo GLSA-202307-08: Pidgin Vulnerability Risks Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several weaknesses found in Gajim could lead to arbitrary code execution or service disruption. Users are urged to update for their protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gajim, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution DoS arbitrary code Gajim

Resolution

All Gajim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gajim-0.15-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2085 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2085 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2086 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2086 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-2093 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2093

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201208-04
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Gajim: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 14, 2012
Bugs: #411269, #412215
ID: 201208-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution DoS arbitrary code Gajim

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gajim, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Gajim is a Jabber and XMPP client written in PyGTK.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/gajim < 0.15-r1 >= 0.15-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted link using Gajim, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker could use a specially crafted Jabber ID, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary SQL statements. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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