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ELSA-2012-1102 Moderate: Oracle Linux pidgin security update

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ELSA-2012-1102 Moderate: Oracle Linux pidgin security update

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

12/16/2011

Created

07/25/2018

Added

08/07/2012

Modified

04/11/2019

Description

Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted inline image in a message.

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-docs
oracle-linux-upgrade-pidgin-perl

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-2485
51010
52475
53400
CVE - 2011-2485
CVE - 2011-4601
CVE - 2011-4602
CVE - 2012-1178
CVE - 2012-2318
CVE - 2012-3374
OVAL17448
OVAL17678
OVAL18019
OVAL18408
OVAL18420
RHSA-2011:1820
RHSA-2011:1821
RHSA-2012:1102
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-July/002949.html

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