SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin-otr ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0703-1 Rating: important References: #762498 Cross-References: CVE-2012-2369 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
A format string flaw in pidgin-otr could have caused a denial of service condition or even potentially allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code. This has been fixed.
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-2369 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2369
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 Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-pidgin-otr-6380
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-pidgin-otr-6380
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
pidgin-otr-3.2.0-1.40.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
pidgin-otr-3.2.0-1.40.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2369.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/762498 http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=88a4e0d56e88f035f398a36e47...