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 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
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 restart Pidgin to make all the
necessary changes.