SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin, finch and libpurple ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0890-1 Rating: important References: #770304 Cross-References: CVE-2012-3374 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 SLE SDK 10 SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update of pidgin fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in the MXit protocol which could have potentially been exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running pidgin (CVE-2012-3374). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-3374 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3374

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-finch-6534 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-finch-6534 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-finch-6534 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-finch-6534 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): finch-2.6.6-0.17.1 finch-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1 pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1 pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): finch-2.6.6-0.17.1 finch-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1 pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1 pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64): finch-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.17.1 pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64): finch-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.17.1 libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.17.1 pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64): finch-2.6.6-0.18.1 libpurple-2.6.6-0.18.1 pidgin-2.6.6-0.18.1 - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): finch-2.6.6-0.18.1 finch-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1 libpurple-2.6.6-0.18.1 libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1 pidgin-2.6.6-0.18.1 pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3374.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/770304 http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6cdbffccfb7e818b850e497dc8... http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a738afec13eba5d4d2ab0d2b9a... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org