<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201209-17"> <title>Pidgin: Arbitrary code execution</title> <synopsis>A buffer overflow in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">pidgin</product> <announced>2012-09-27</announced> <revised count="1">2012-09-27</revised> <bug>425076</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-im/pidgin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.10.6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.10.6</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant messaging protocols. libpurple is the core library for Pidgin. </p> </background> <description> <p>A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in the MXit protocol plug-in for libpurple. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Pidgin process, or cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.6" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3374">CVE-2012-3374</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-20T13:28:52Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2012-09-27T11:52:16Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>