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Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 LTS USN-3231-1 Critical: Pidgin DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Severe Pidgin flaw may cause system instability or unauthorized code running. Ensure your Ubuntu installation is updated to reduce vulnerabilities.
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:

Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xml

messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical remote attack Ubuntu pidgin xml handling

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libpurple0                      1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libpurple0                      1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.8

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3231-1

CVE-2017-2640

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March 14, 2017

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical remote attack Ubuntu pidgin xml handling

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.8

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