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 xml
messages. 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 the
necessary changes.