openSUSE Security Update: pidgin: various security fixes
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0407-1
Rating:             important
References:         #804742 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273 CVE-2013-0274
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes three 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)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2013-35

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      finch-2.7.10-4.53.1
      finch-debuginfo-2.7.10-4.53.1
      finch-devel-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-debuginfo-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-devel-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-meanwhile-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-tcl-2.7.10-4.53.1
      libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.7.10-4.53.1
      pidgin-2.7.10-4.53.1
      pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.10-4.53.1
      pidgin-debugsource-2.7.10-4.53.1
      pidgin-devel-2.7.10-4.53.1
      pidgin-evolution-2.7.10-4.53.1
      pidgin-evolution-debuginfo-2.7.10-4.53.1

   - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

      libpurple-lang-2.7.10-4.53.1


References:

   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
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804742