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Gentoo: GLSA-201209-18 Critical: Pidgin Vulnerability Exploit Alert

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Calendar Grey September 27, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202303-12 tackles a critical vulnerability in Pidgin which permits remote code execution via a buffer overflow.
A buffer overflow in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the MXit protocol plug-in for libpurple.

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security advisory denial of service high severity gentoo buffer overflow remote code execution pidgin

Resolution

All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-3374 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3374

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-17
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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: Arbitrary code execution
Date: September 27, 2012
Bugs: #425076
ID: 201209-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity gentoo buffer overflow remote code execution pidgin

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant messaging protocols. libpurple is the core library for Pidgin.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/pidgin < 2.10.6 >= 2.10.6

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Pidgin process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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