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SUSE 15-SP4 Advisory: CVE-2022-26491 Critical MitM Threat on Pidgin

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Advisory for Pidgin mitigates critical MITM flaw CVE-2022-26491 providing comprehensive update guidelines.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for pidgin fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-26491: Fixed MITM vulnerability when DNSSEC wasn't used (bsc#1199025). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP4-2022-1693=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP4-2022-1693=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4 (x86_64): libpurple-2.14.8-150400.3.3.1 libpurple-client0-2.14.8-150400.3.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important SUSE pidgin MitM CVE-2022-26491

References

#1199025

Cross- CVE-2022-26491

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-26491 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26491.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1199025

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:1693-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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