openSUSE Security Update: pidgin: various security fixes
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0405-1
Rating:             important
References:         #804742 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0271 CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273
                    CVE-2013-0274
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.2
                    openSUSE 12.1
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   An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   pidgin was updated to fix security issues:
   - Fix a crash when receiving UPnP responses with abnormally
   long values. (CVE-2013-0274)
   - Fix a crash in Sametime when a malicious server sends us
   an  abnormally long user ID. (CVE-2013-0273)
   - Fix a bug where the MXit server or a man-in-the-middle
   could potentially send specially crafted data that could
   overflow a buffer and lead to a crash or remote code
   execution.(CVE-2013-0272)
   - Fix a bug where a remote MXit user could possibly specify
   a  local file path to be written to. (CVE-2013-0271)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 12.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-177

   - openSUSE 12.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-177

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):

      finch-2.10.6-1.4.1
      finch-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
      finch-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-meanwhile-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-tcl-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
      pidgin-2.10.6-1.4.1
      pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1
      pidgin-debugsource-2.10.6-1.4.1
      pidgin-devel-2.10.6-1.4.1
      pidgin-evolution-2.10.6-1.4.1
      pidgin-evolution-debuginfo-2.10.6-1.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

      libpurple-branding-upstream-2.10.6-1.4.1
      libpurple-lang-2.10.6-1.4.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      finch-2.10.1-8.18.1
      finch-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
      finch-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-meanwhile-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-tcl-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-tcl-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
      pidgin-2.10.1-8.18.1
      pidgin-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1
      pidgin-debugsource-2.10.1-8.18.1
      pidgin-devel-2.10.1-8.18.1
      pidgin-evolution-2.10.1-8.18.1
      pidgin-evolution-debuginfo-2.10.1-8.18.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch):

      libpurple-branding-upstream-2.10.1-8.18.1
      libpurple-lang-2.10.1-8.18.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0271.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0272.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0273.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0274.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804742

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