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USN-3031-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3031-1 12th July, 2016 pidgin vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Pidgin could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software description pidgin – graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X Details Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXitprotocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin tocrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrarycode. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 15.10: libpurple0 1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libpurple0 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libpurple0 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.7 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to [ more… ]