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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201206-11
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 Severity: High
    Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: June 21, 2012
     Bugs: #299751, #372785, #385073
       ID: 201206-11

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Pidgin, the worst of which
allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Pidgin is an GTK Instant Messenger client.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-im/pidgin              < 2.10.0-r1              >= 2.10.0-r1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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These vulnerabilities allow for arbitrary file retrieval, Denial of
Service and arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user
running Pidgin.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.10.0-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0013
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0013
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2485
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2485
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-3594
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3594

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-11.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5