CVE-2016-2370: Out-of-bounds Read

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability...

CVE-2016-2380: Out-of-bounds Read

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a...

CVE-2016-2372: Out-of-bounds Read

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an...

CVE-2016-2368: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure...

GLSA-201701-10 : libotr, Pidgin OTR: Remote execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-10 libotr, Pidgin OTR: Remote execution of arbitrary code Multiple vulnerabilities exist in both libotr and Pidgin OTR. Please review the CVE identifiers for more information. Impact : A remote attacker could send a special...

libotr, Pidgin OTR: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Background Pidgin Off-the-Record OTR messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging. libotr is a portable off-the-record messaging library. Description Multiple vulnerabilities exist in both libotr and Pidgin OTR. Please review the CVE identifiers for more information...

SUSE-SU-2016:2416-1 Security update for pidgin

This update for pidgin fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-2367: Fixed a MXIT Avatar Length Memory Disclosure Vulnerability bsc991715. - CVE-2016-2370: Fixed a MXIT Custom Resource Denial of Service Vulnerability bsc991712. - CVE-2016-2371: Fixed a MXIT Extended Profiles...

Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 : pidgin (SSA:2016-266-02)

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and 14.1 to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2016-266-02. The text itself is...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and 14.1 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. NOTE: These packages provide updates to pidgin-2.11.0, since the previous...

Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : pidgin (SSA:2016-265-01)

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2016-265-01. The te...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.11.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more...

CVE-2016-1000030

Pidgin version 2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutlsx509crtinit and gnutlsx509crtimport that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client...

Debian DSA-3620-1 : pidgin - security update

Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered several vulnerabilities in the MXit protocol support in pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial of service application crash, overwrite files, information disclosure, or...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3620-1] pidgin security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3620-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso July 15, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3620-1] pidgin security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3620-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso July 15, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3620-1 (pidgin - security update)

Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered several vulnerabilities in the MXit protocol support in pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial of service application crash, overwrite files, information disclosure, or...

DSA-3620-1 pidgin - security update

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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3620-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3031-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Pidgin vulnerabilities (USN-3031-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3031-1 advisory. Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to cras...