Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pidgin package, versions <2.12.0-1
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- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed27 Jul 2018
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-2640 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 pidgin to version 2.12.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin package and not the pidgin package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Pidgin before 2.12.0 processed XML content. A malicious remote server could potentially use this flaw to crash Pidgin or execute arbitrary code in the context of the pidgin process.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2640
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2640
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2640
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96775
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-2640