Security update for pidgin

SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1623-1
Rating: moderate
References: #902408 #902409 #902410
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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    An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This pidgin update fixes the following security issues:

    * bnc#902408: remote information leak via crafted XMPP message
    (CVE-2014-3698)
    * bnc#902410: denial of service parsing Groupwise server message
    (CVE-2014-3696)
    * bnc#902409: crash in MXit protocol plug-in (CVE-2014-3695)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-3698

    * CVE-2014-3696

    * CVE-2014-3695

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-finch-10078
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-finch-10078

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • finch-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • finch-devel-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • pidgin-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.25.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • finch-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.25.2
      • pidgin-2.6.6-0.25.2

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3695.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3696.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3698.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902408
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902409
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902410
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b42c0aeceaaa9ff5f85df2d7207116a2