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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201405-22
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 Severity: High
    Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: May 18, 2014
     Bugs: #457580, #499596
       ID: 201405-22

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin may allow execution of arbitrary
code.

Background
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Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant
messaging protocols.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-im/pidgin                < 2.10.9                  >= 2.10.9 
                                                        *>= 2.10.9-r1 

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

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the Pidgin process, cause a Denial of Service condition,
overwrite files, or spoof traffic.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Pidgin users on HPPA or users of GNOME 3.8 and later on AMD64 or
X86 should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9-r1"

All Pidgin users on ALPHA, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, and users of GNOME before
3.8 on AMD64 and X86 should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2012-6152
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6152
[  2 ] CVE-2013-0271
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0271
[  3 ] CVE-2013-0272
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0272
[  4 ] CVE-2013-0273
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0273
[  5 ] CVE-2013-0274
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0274
[  6 ] CVE-2013-6477
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6477
[  7 ] CVE-2013-6478
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6478
[  8 ] CVE-2013-6479
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6479
[  9 ] CVE-2013-6481
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6481
[ 10 ] CVE-2013-6482
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6482
[ 11 ] CVE-2013-6483
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6483
[ 12 ] CVE-2013-6484
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6484
[ 13 ] CVE-2013-6485
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6485
[ 14 ] CVE-2013-6487
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6487
[ 15 ] CVE-2013-6489
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6489
[ 16 ] CVE-2013-6490
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6490
[ 17 ] CVE-2014-0020
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0020

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-22

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/