Gentoo: GLSA-202301-47 Warning: Pidgin Flaw and Possible Exploitation Risk
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January 17, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pidgin, the worst of which could lead to 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-2.11.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-1000030 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1000030 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-2365 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2365 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-2366 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2366 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-2367 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2367 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-2368 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2368 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-2369 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2369 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-2370 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2370 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-2371 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2371 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-2372 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2372 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-2373 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2373 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-2374 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2374 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-2375 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2375 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-2376 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm...
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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: Normal
Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 17, 2017
Bugs: #586698
ID: 201701-38
Background
Pidgin is a client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/pidgin < 2.11.0 >= 2.11.0
Impact
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A remote attacker might send specially crafted data using the MXit
protocol, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or
in leaking confidential information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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