Security update for pidgin

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-2640 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pidgin fixes the following issues:

The following security vulnerability was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-2640: Fixed an out of bound write in purple_markup_unescape_entity, which could be triggered by a server controlled by an attacker and could lead to crashes or, in some extreme cases, to remote code execution on the client side (bsc#1028835).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-pidgin-13717=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.30.3.1
    • libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.30.3.1
    • libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.30.3.1
    • pidgin-2.6.6-0.30.3.1
    • finch-2.6.6-0.30.3.1
    • libpurple-2.6.6-0.30.3.1
    • finch-devel-2.6.6-0.30.3.1

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