openSUSE Security Update: pidgin: various security fixes ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0405-1 Rating: important References: #804742 Cross-References: CVE-2013-0271 CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273 CVE-2013-0274 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2 openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available. Description: pidgin was updated to fix security issues: - Fix a crash when receiving UPnP responses with abnormally long values. (CVE-2013-0274) - Fix a crash in Sametime when a malicious server sends us an abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013-0273) - Fix a bug where the MXit server or a man-in-the-middle could potentially send specially crafted data that could overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or remote code execution.(CVE-2013-0272) - Fix a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly specify a local file path to be written to. (CVE-2013-0271) Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-177 - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-177 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): finch-2.10.6-1.4.1 finch-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1 finch-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-meanwhile-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-tcl-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1 pidgin-2.10.6-1.4.1 pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1 pidgin-debugsource-2.10.6-1.4.1 pidgin-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1 pidgin-evolution-2.10.6-1.4.1 pidgin-evolution-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch): libpurple-branding-upstream-2.10.6-1.4.1 libpurple-lang-2.10.6-1.4.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): finch-2.10.1-8.18.1 finch-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1 finch-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-meanwhile-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-tcl-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1 pidgin-2.10.1-8.18.1 pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1 pidgin-debugsource-2.10.1-8.18.1 pidgin-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1 pidgin-evolution-2.10.1-8.18.1 pidgin-evolution-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch): libpurple-branding-upstream-2.10.1-8.18.1 libpurple-lang-2.10.1-8.18.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0271.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/804742 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org