Security update for pidgin
SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin
pidgin was updated to fix 4 security issues:
* Fixed a crash when receiving UPnP responses with
abnormally long values. (CVE-2013-0274, bnc#804742)
* Fixed a crash in Sametime protocol when a malicious
server sends us an abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013-0273,
bnc#804742)
* Fixed a bug where the MXit server or a
man-in-the-middle could potentially send specially crafted
data that could overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or
remote code execution.(CVE-2013-0272, bnc#804742)
* Fixed a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly
specify a local file path to be written to. (CVE-2013-0271,
bnc#804742)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-0271
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* CVE-2013-0272
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* CVE-2013-0273
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* CVE-2013-0274
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:0388-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #804742 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
pidgin was updated to fix 4 security issues:
* Fixed a crash when receiving UPnP responses with
abnormally long values. (CVE-2013-0274, bnc#804742)
* Fixed a crash in Sametime protocol when a malicious
server sends us an abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013-0273,
bnc#804742)
* Fixed a bug where the MXit server or a
man-in-the-middle could potentially send specially crafted
data that could overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or
remote code execution.(CVE-2013-0272, bnc#804742)
* Fixed a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly
specify a local file path to be written to. (CVE-2013-0271,
bnc#804742)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-0271
* CVE-2013-0272
* CVE-2013-0273
* CVE-2013-0274
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 sdksp2-finch-7429 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-finch-7429
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-2.6.6-0.19.1
- finch-devel-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.19.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.19.1
- pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.19.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.19.1
- libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.19.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.19.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.20.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.20.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.20.1
- SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
- finch-2.6.6-0.20.1
- finch-devel-2.6.6-0.20.1
- libpurple-2.6.6-0.20.1
- libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.20.1
- pidgin-2.6.6-0.20.1
- pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.20.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0271.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/804742
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=18e124b7db8b5f6aa5744f916ed16466
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=51b5f7c142afdeafafca33c1a4681683