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Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities Jan 2017 (MAC OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Pidgin and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple errors exists due to, - The X.509 certificates may be improperly imported when using GnuTLS. - An improper validation in the field and attribute counts. - An improper validation of the incoming message format. - An improper validation of the received values. - An error in chunk decoding. - Not checking the field count before accessing the fields. - The multiple issues in the MXit protocol support. - An error in g_vsnprintf(). - An improper validation of the data length in the MXit protocol support. - An improper usage of data types in the MXit protocol support. - Not checking the length of the font tag. Refer the reference link for more information.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Pidgin before version 2.11.0 on MAC OS X.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.11.0 or later.