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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200905-07 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: May 25, 2009 |
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Bugs: #270811 |
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ID: 200905-07 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin might allow for the remote execution |
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of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is an instant messaging client for a variety of |
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instant messaging protocols. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-im/pidgin < 2.5.6 >= 2.5.6 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin: |
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* Veracode reported a boundary error in the "XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream |
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server" when initiating an outgoing file transfer (CVE-2009-1373). |
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* Ka-Hing Cheung reported a heap corruption flaw in the QQ protocol |
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handler (CVE-2009-1374). |
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* A memory corruption flaw in "PurpleCircBuffer" was disclosed by |
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Josef Andrysek (CVE-2009-1375). |
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* The previous fix for CVE-2008-2927 contains a cast from uint64 to |
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size_t, possibly leading to an integer overflow (CVE-2009-1376, GLSA |
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200901-13). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could send specially crafted messages or files using |
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the MSN, XMPP or QQ protocols, possibly resulting in the execution of |
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arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, |
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or a Denial of Service. NOTE: Successful exploitation might require the |
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victim's interaction. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.5.6" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1373 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1373 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2009-1374 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1374 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2009-1375 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1375 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2009-1376 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1376 |
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[ 5 ] GLSA 200901-13 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200901-13.xml |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |