Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-4922

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive...

CVE-2011-4922

cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents...

CVE-2011-4922

Pidgin (libpurple) Cipher API vulnerability CVE-2011-4922 affects cipher.c: it may retain encryption-key data in process memory, enabling local users to read sensitive information from memory/core dumps. This affects Pidgin builds prior to 2.7.10. Impact is information disclosure via memory conte...