[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0890-1: important: Security update for pidgin, finch and libpurple

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for pidgin, finch and libpurple

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0890-1

Rating: important

References: #770304

Cross-References: CVE-2012-3374

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

This update of pidgin fixes a stack-based buffer overflow

in the MXit protocol which could have potentially been

exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in

the context of the user running pidgin (CVE-2012-3374).

 

Security Issue reference:

 

* CVE-2012-3374

 

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch sdksp1-finch-6534

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sdksp1-finch-6534

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1-finch-6534

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

 

zypper in -t patch sledsp1-finch-6534

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

finch-2.6.6-0.17.1

finch-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1

pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1

pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

 

finch-2.6.6-0.17.1

finch-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1

pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1

pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.17.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

 

finch-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.17.1

pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

 

finch-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-lang-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-meanwhile-2.6.6-0.17.1

libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-0.17.1

pidgin-2.6.6-0.17.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

 

finch-2.6.6-0.18.1

libpurple-2.6.6-0.18.1

pidgin-2.6.6-0.18.1

 

- SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

 

finch-2.6.6-0.18.1

finch-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1

libpurple-2.6.6-0.18.1

libpurple-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1

pidgin-2.6.6-0.18.1

pidgin-devel-2.6.6-0.18.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3374.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/770304

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6cdbffccfb7e818b850e497dc8f94724

http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a738afec13eba5d4d2ab0d2b9a6f3416

 

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