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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory RHSA-2009:1536-01 Pidgin Remote Crash

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Calendar Grey October 29, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A key security patch has been deployed for Pidgin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux addressing a bug that caused crashes associated with OSCAR.
Updated pidgin packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red ...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The AOL Open System for Communication in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used by the AOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems.
An invalid pointer dereference bug was found in the way the Pidgin OSCAR protocol implementation processed lists of contacts. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted contact list to a user running Pidgin, causing Pidgin to crash. (CVE-2009-3615)
These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.3. Refer to the Pidgin release notes for a full list of changes: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat remote crash pidgin OSCAR

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3615 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: finch-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm finch-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm libpurple-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm pidgin-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: finch-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm finch-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm libpurple-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm pidgin-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: finch-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm finch-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm libpurple-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm pidgin-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.ppc.rpm
x86_64: finch-2.6.3-2.el4.x86_64.rpm finch-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.x86_64.rpm libpurple-2.6.3-2.el4.x86_64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.x86_64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.x86_64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.3-2.el4.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1536-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1536.html
Issue date: 2009-10-29

Topic

Updated pidgin packages that fix a security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat remote crash pidgin OSCAR

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

529357 - CVE-2009-3615 Pidgin: Invalid pointer dereference (crash) after receiving contacts from SIM IM client

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