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ELSA-2009-1536 Moderate: Enterprise Linux pidgin security update

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ELSA-2009-1536 Moderate: Enterprise Linux pidgin security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

10/20/2009

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-finch
oracle-linux-upgrade-finch-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-libpurple
oracle-linux-upgrade-libpurple-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-libpurple-perl
oracle-linux-upgrade-libpurple-tcl
oracle-linux-upgrade-pidgin
oracle-linux-upgrade-pidgin-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-pidgin-perl

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2009-3615
36719
CVE - 2009-3615
OVAL18388
OVAL9414
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2009-October/001228.html
53807

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