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Ubuntu 11.10 Security Notice USN-1250-1: Critical Empathy XSS Exploit

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Empathy could be made to run programs or display webpages via speciallycrafted nicknames.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1250-1
October 28, 2011

empathy vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Empathy could be made to run programs or display webpages via specially
crafted nicknames.

Software Description:
- empathy: GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client

Details:

It was discovered that a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
the Adium theme allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary javascript
or HTML via a crafted nickname in XMPP group conversations.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  empathy                         3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  empathy                         2.34.0-0ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 10.10:
  empathy                         2.32.1-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  empathy                         2.30.3-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to
make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1250-1
  CVE-2011-3635, CVE-2011-4170

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/2.34.0-0ubuntu3.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/2.32.1-0ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/2.30.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.10 Security Notice USN-1250-1: Critical Empathy XSS Exploit

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Tackling several Empathy weaknesses in Ubuntu, notably an XSS threat through specially designed nicknames. Stay updated!
Empathy could be made to run programs or display webpages via speciallycrafted nicknames.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: empathy 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 11.04: empathy 2.34.0-0ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 10.10: empathy 2.32.1-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: empathy 2.30.3-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1250-1

CVE-2011-3635, CVE-2011-4170

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October 28, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/2.34.0-0ubuntu3.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/2.32.1-0ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/2.30.3-0ubuntu1.1

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