UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1257

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1257
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1257.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1257
Upstream
Published
2019-11-20T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:44:56Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "finch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4"
        }
    ]
}