Date:         Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:13:35 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Important: pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Important: pidgin security update
Issue date:	2010-01-14
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-0013

A directory traversal flaw was discovered in Pidgin's MSN protocol
implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted 
emoticon image download request that would cause Pidgin to disclose an 
arbitrary file readable to the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2010-0013)

These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.5.

Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el4.1.src.rpm
      i386:
finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
finch-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el4.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.src.rpm
      i386:
finch-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
finch-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
finch-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
finch-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
libpurple-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
libpurple-tcl-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
pidgin-devel-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pidgin-perl-2.6.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2010-0013 Important: pidgin SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Important: pidgin security update

Summary

emoticon image download request that would cause Pidgin to disclose anarbitrary file readable to the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2010-0013)These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.6.5.Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.



Security Fixes

Severity
Issued Date: : 2010-01-14
CVE Names: CVE-2010-0013
A directory traversal flaw was discovered in Pidgin's MSN protocol
implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted

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