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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3620-1 (pidgin - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered several vulnerabilities in the MXit protocol support in pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial of service (application crash), overwrite files, information disclosure, or potentially to execute arbitrary code.
Affected Software
Affected Software
pidgin on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.11.0-0+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.11.0-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.11.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin packages.