openSUSE Security Update: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in pidgin (CVE-2010-4528). ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0021-1 Rating: moderate References: #661497 Cross-References: CVE-2010-4528 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update. Description: A NULL pointer dereference DoS has been fixed in pidgin. CVE-2010-4528 has been assigned to this issue. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch finch-3783 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch finch-3783 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.7.9]: finch-2.7.9-1.2.1 finch-devel-2.7.9-1.2.1 libpurple-2.7.9-1.2.1 libpurple-devel-2.7.9-1.2.1 libpurple-meanwhile-2.7.9-1.2.1 libpurple-mono-2.7.9-1.2.1 libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-1.2.1 pidgin-2.7.9-1.2.1 pidgin-devel-2.7.9-1.2.1 pidgin-otr-3.2.0-146.1.2 - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch) [New Version: 2.7.9]: libpurple-lang-2.7.9-1.2.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.7.9]: finch-2.7.9-1.2.2 finch-devel-2.7.9-1.2.2 libpurple-2.7.9-1.2.2 libpurple-devel-2.7.9-1.2.2 libpurple-meanwhile-2.7.9-1.2.2 libpurple-mono-2.7.9-1.2.2 libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-1.2.2 pidgin-2.7.9-1.2.2 pidgin-devel-2.7.9-1.2.2 pidgin-otr-3.2.0-142.4.5 - openSUSE 11.2 (noarch) [New Version: 2.7.9]: libpurple-lang-2.7.9-1.2.2 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4528.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/661497