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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2038-1 (pidgin)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pidgin announced via advisory DSA 2038-1.
Insight
Insight
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a multi protocol instant messaging client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2010-0420 Crafted nicknames in the XMPP protocol can crash Pidgin remotely. CVE-2010-0423 Remote contacts may send too many custom smilies, crashing Pidgin. Since a few months, Microsoft's servers for MSN have changed the protocol, making Pidgin non-functional for use with MSN. It is not feasible to port these changes to the version of Pidgin in Debian Lenny. This update formalises that situation by disabling the protocol in the client. Users of the MSN protocol are advised to use the version of Pidgin in the repositories of www.backports.org. For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.3-4lenny6. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202038-1