1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1250-1

USN-1250-1: Empathy vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 October 2011

Overview

Empathy could be made to run programs or display webpages via specially crafted nicknames.

Releases

Packages

  • empathy - GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client

Details

It was discovered that a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
the Adium theme allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary javascript
or HTML via a crafted nickname in XMPP group conversations.

It was discovered that a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
the Adium theme allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary javascript
or HTML via a crafted nickname in XMPP group conversations.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session 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
11.10 oneiric empathy –  3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1
11.04 natty empathy –  2.34.0-0ubuntu3.2
10.10 maverick empathy –  2.32.1-0ubuntu1.2
10.04 lucid empathy –  2.30.3-0ubuntu1.1

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