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Mageia 8: 2022-0208 High: Pidgin MITM Threat Due to DNSSEC

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2022-0208 exposes a critical MITM vulnerability linked to DNSSEC and the Pidgin messaging client. It's essential to review the update's details for mitigation strategies introduced
MITM vulnerability when DNSSEC wasn't used (CVE-2022-26491) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30438 - https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/202...

Summary

MITM vulnerability when DNSSEC wasn't used (CVE-2022-26491)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30438

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-May/011017.html

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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/56CQ66SQFAFDB2JPMOCRC2IJISJ4Y5FX/

- https://pidgin.im/about/security/advisories/cve-2022-26491/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26491

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory high severity pidgin MITM threat Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/pidgin-2.14.1-6.1.mga8

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 28 May 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0208.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-26491

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory high severity pidgin MITM threat Mageia

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