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SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0388-1
Rating: important
References: #804742
Cross-References: CVE-2013-0271 CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273
CVE-2013-0274
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
SLE SDK 10 SP4
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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
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0271
>
* CVE-2013-0272
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0272
>
* CVE-2013-0273
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0273
>
* CVE-2013-0274
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=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.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=18e124b...
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=51b5f7c...
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