GLSA 201405-22: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/18/2014
Bugs:	#457580, #499596
ID:	201405-22

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-im/pidgin	< 2.10.9	>= 2.10.9	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Pidgin process, cause a Denial of Service condition, overwrite files, or spoof traffic.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Pidgin users on HPPA or users of GNOME 3.8 and later on AMD64 or X86 should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9-r1"

All Pidgin users on ALPHA, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, and users of GNOME before 3.8 on AMD64 and X86 should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.9"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-22.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.