1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3031-1

USN-3031-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities

Publication date

12 July 2016

Overview

Pidgin could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • pidgin - graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X

Details

Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit
protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit
protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Pidgin to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
15.10 wily libpurple0 –  1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4.2
14.04 trusty libpurple0 –  1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3
12.04 precise libpurple0 –  1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.7

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