Information Exposure Affecting pidgin-devel package, versions <0:2.7.9-3.el6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PIDGINDEVEL-2457810
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Aug 2012

Introduced: 8 Aug 2012

CVE-2011-4922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 pidgin-devel to version 0:2.7.9-3.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-0616.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin-devel package and not the pidgin-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents.

CVSS Scores

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