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Mandriva Update for pidgin MDVSA-2012:082 (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 for the 'pidgin' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in pidgin: A series of specially crafted file transfer requests can cause clients to reference invalid memory. The user must have accepted one of the file transfer requests (CVE-2012-2214). Incoming messages with certain characters or character encodings can cause clients to crash (CVE-2012-2318). This update provides pidgin 2.10.4, which is not vulnerable to these issues.
Affected Software
Affected Software
pidgin on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.