Pidgin: Arbitrary code execution — GLSA 201706-10

A vulnerability in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.

Description

Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xml messages.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted instant message, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the Pidgin process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.12.0"
 

References

• CVE-2017-2640

Release date
June 06, 2017

Latest revision
June 06, 2017: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 612188