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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-22 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: May 18, 2014 |
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Bugs: #457580, #499596 |
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ID: 201405-22 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin may allow execution of arbitrary |
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code. |
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Background |
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Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant |
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messaging protocols. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-im/pidgin < 2.10.9 >= 2.10.9 |
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*>= 2.10.9-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the Pidgin process, cause a Denial of Service condition, |
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overwrite files, or spoof traffic. |
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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 on HPPA or users of GNOME 3.8 and later on AMD64 or |
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X86 should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9-r1" |
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All Pidgin users on ALPHA, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, and users of GNOME before |
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3.8 on AMD64 and X86 should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6152 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6152 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2013-0271 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0271 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2013-0272 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0272 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2013-0273 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0273 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2013-0274 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0274 |
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[ 6 ] CVE-2013-6477 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6477 |
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[ 7 ] CVE-2013-6478 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6478 |
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[ 8 ] CVE-2013-6479 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6479 |
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[ 9 ] CVE-2013-6481 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6481 |
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[ 10 ] CVE-2013-6482 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6482 |
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[ 11 ] CVE-2013-6483 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6483 |
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[ 12 ] CVE-2013-6484 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6484 |
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[ 13 ] CVE-2013-6485 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6485 |
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[ 14 ] CVE-2013-6487 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6487 |
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[ 15 ] CVE-2013-6489 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6489 |
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[ 16 ] CVE-2013-6490 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6490 |
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[ 17 ] CVE-2014-0020 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0020 |
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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-201405-22.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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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 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 |
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