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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 2216-1 Critical: Pidgin Network Crash Threat

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A vulnerability in Pidgin allows attackers to cause crashes or execute arbitrary code through specially crafted network packets in Ubuntu 14.04 and its derivatives.
Pidgin could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Pidgin could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- pidgin: graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X

Details:

It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain messages from

Gadu-Gadu file relay servers. A malicious remote server or a man in the

middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial

of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libpurple0                      1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
  pidgin                          1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libpurple0                      1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.2
  pidgin                          1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libpurple0                      1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.5
  pidgin                          1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.5

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2216-1

CVE-2014-3775

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May 21, 2014

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.5

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