Security update for pidgin, finch and libpurple
SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin, finch and libpurple
This update of pidgin fixes a stack-based buffer overflow
in the MXit protocol which could have potentially been
exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in
the context of the user running pidgin (CVE-2012-3374).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-3374
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http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3374.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/770304
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6cdbffccfb7e818b850e497dc8f94724
http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a738afec13eba5d4d2ab0d2b9a6f3416
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0890-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #770304 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update of pidgin fixes a stack-based buffer overflow
in the MXit protocol which could have potentially been
exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in
the context of the user running pidgin (CVE-2012-3374).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-3374
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-finch-6534 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-finch-6534 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-finch-6534 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-finch-6534
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.17.1
- finch-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1
- pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.17.1
- finch-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1
- pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.17.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.17.1
- libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.17.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.18.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.18.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.18.1
- SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.18.1
- finch-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.18.1
- libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.18.1
- pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1