Out-Of-Bounds Write

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response,...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin MXit protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by...

Arbitrary Code Execution

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A flaw was found in the way the Pidgin MSN protocol plug-in processed text that was not encoded in UTF-8. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: matrix-synapse-0.34.0.1-2.fc28

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: matrix-synapse-0.34.0.1-1.fc29

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: matrix-synapse-0.33.3.1-1.fc29

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: matrix-synapse-0.33.3.1-1.fc28

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

Microsoft Windows: Configure Solicited Remote Assistance

This policy setting allows you to turn on or turn off Solicited Ask for Remote Assistance on this computer. If you enable this policy setting, users on this computer can use email or file transfer to ask someone for help. Also, users can use instant messaging programs to allow connections to this...

Unsanctioned Apps Invite Fox into Cybersecurity Hen House

Conventional wisdom has shown there’s a short line between a company’s highest point of risk – its employees and a compromise. Unsanctioned, or shadow applications, are apps that haven’t been cleared by a company’s information security team. These apps, on employee machines, have long been a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: matrix-synapse-0.31.2-1.fc28

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: matrix-synapse-0.28.1-1.fc28

Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging a nd VoIP. Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is inten ded to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec i...

Solaris 10 (sparc) : 119548-14

GNOME 2.6.0: Gnome Multi-protocol instant messaging client Patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Dec/14/09 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

Solaris 10 (x86) : 143318-03

GNOME 2.6.0x86: Instant Messaging patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Nov/30/10 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

CentOS 7 : pidgin (CESA-2017:1854)

An update for pidgin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

finch, libpurple, pidgin security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:1854 An update for pidgin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for pidgin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: jabberd-2.6.1-1.fc25

The jabberd project aims to provide an open-source server implementation of the Jabber protocols for instant messaging and XML routing. The goal of this project is to provide a scalable, reliable, efficient and extensible server that provides a complete set of features and is up to date with the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: jabberd-2.6.1-1.fc24

The jabberd project aims to provide an open-source server implementation of the Jabber protocols for instant messaging and XML routing. The goal of this project is to provide a scalable, reliable, efficient and extensible server that provides a complete set of features and is up to date with the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: jabberd-2.6.1-1.fc26

The jabberd project aims to provide an open-source server implementation of the Jabber protocols for instant messaging and XML routing. The goal of this project is to provide a scalable, reliable, efficient and extensible server that provides a complete set of features and is up to date with the...