Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting pidgin package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.12% (47th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-PIDGIN-1940937
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 20 Dec 2011
Introduced: 20 Dec 2011
CVE-2012-1257 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 pidgin.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin package and not the pidgin package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.
CVSS Scores
version 3.1