SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182235-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1
Related
Published
2018-08-07T10:47:06Z
Modified
2018-08-07T10:47:06Z
Summary
Security update for pidgin
Details

This update for pidgin fixes the following issues:

The following security vulnerability was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-2640: Fixed an out of bound write in purplemarkupunescape_entity, which could be triggered by a server controlled by an attacker and could lead to crashes or, in some extreme cases, to remote code execution on the client side (bsc#1028835).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.6-0.30.3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "finch-devel": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1",
            "libpurple": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1",
            "pidgin": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1",
            "libpurple-lang": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1",
            "pidgin-devel": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1",
            "finch": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1",
            "libpurple-devel": "2.6.6-0.30.3.1"
        }
    ]
}