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Ubuntu: USN-3231-1 (CVE-2017-2640): Pidgin vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3231-1 (CVE-2017-2640): Pidgin vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/15/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Pidgin before 2.12.0 processed XML content. A malicious remote server could potentially use this flaw to crash Pidgin or execute arbitrary code in the context of the pidgin process.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpurple0

References

  • USN-3231-1
  • DLA-853-1
  • DSA-3806
  • CVE-2017-2640

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