openSUSE: 2013:0405-1 Important: Pidgin Buffer Overflow Threats
opensuse
March 7, 2013
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available
Description
pidgin was updated to fix security issues:
- Fix a crash when receiving UPnP responses with abnormally
long values. (CVE-2013-0274)
- Fix a crash in Sametime when a malicious server sends us
an abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013-0273)
- Fix a bug where the MXit server or a man-in-the-middle
could potentially send specially crafted data that could
overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or remote code
execution.(CVE-2013-0272)
- Fix a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly specify
a local file path to be written to. (CVE-2013-0271)
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 12.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-177
- openSUSE 12.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-177
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):
finch-2.10.6-1.4.1
finch-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
finch-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-meanwhile-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-tcl-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
pidgin-2.10.6-1.4.1
pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
pidgin-debugsource-2.10.6-1.4.1
pidgin-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1
pidgin-evolution-2.10.6-1.4.1
pidgin-evolution-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
- openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):
libpurple-branding-upstream-2.10.6-1.4.1
libpurple-lang-2.10.6-1.4.1
- openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):
finch-2.10.1-8.18.1
finch-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
finch-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-meanwhile-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-tcl-2.10.1-8.18.1
libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
pidgin-2.10.1-8.18.1
pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
pidgin-debugsource-2.10.1-8.18.1
pidgin-d...
Read the Full AdvisoryReferences
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0271.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0405-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 12.2
openSUSE 12.1
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Topics Covered
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