UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1257
- 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
-
Introduced0Unknown 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_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.4",
"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"
}
]
}