USN-3231-1: Pidgin vulnerability
USN-3231-1: Pidgin vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3231-1 14th March, 2017 pidgin vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: 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 Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xmlmessages. 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 The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libpurple0 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libpurple0 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.8 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart Pidgin to make all thenecessary changes. References [ more… ]