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TITLE:
Ubuntu update for pidgin

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32859

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Spoofing, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Ubuntu Linux 7.10
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16251/
Ubuntu Linux 8.04
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18611/

DESCRIPTION:
Ubuntu has issued an update for pidgin. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct spoofing attacks and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA30881
SA30971
SA31390

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 7.10 --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 57978 254c333b127e6f18bf5deff2df48aace
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3.dsc
Size/MD5: 1475 9e202c8cb64aa6f5b813c989caea7b93
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 12868326 3de2ef29d4a62c515a223cba5d4c4671

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch-dev_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 143616 602c6c56f30d9f40013e41841d595edb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-bin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 123834 625e7e989d6a29d8887137b407078c90
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 257634 8febe671445a717eb09809b591825416
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-data_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 1390894 5e360d9bd1b994a21e44bdd434004d42
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dev_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 201660 6844e4107ac223deaf57d022bd84540a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pidgin/gaim_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 119274 7836e1d1c689528c1bd533e51b8b110b

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 311318 fec706b32fe99bb814056899e85a30c2
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1566428 e57dd483c64314b78811ae83afd01ab7
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 4873688 6b59077f56042c373ba0a0537766f197
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 646402 f9d51d9559dae7a65e1ad771338d7cd9

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 293002 767d3b4cea192f2f567bc4004e5c34ae
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1454484 051f1fe1704333c292e089d23cf1be4c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 4585518 02a2bac7b6ab2be201c1b2956cbae8af
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 603628 f071b1d796ca4d7894777b7c099e00f1

lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 292214 f14424242e4002dc026fd32c55fd859e
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 1432448 5db14c19c6010f2a6cb10ae39f598488
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 4890584 a443f701a66508288371508bab68613c
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 602262 78a8c49c3937cc0ec647f779b8f4a89b

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 327048 b49ec32a017ba8eb95bdeb183a685dec
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1632672 cd12c695cf8694fc5dfab98d4192fa0b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 4843450 c483fbfca0036b0454a66231e5eb5ca4
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 678768 fce379059fbc71ef9c0016e77092c128

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 294868 0b79ad3c17899fc7d4e374903b4433a7
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 1483770 1ca2179e7f56fb64b3ff898163149aa8
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 4447692 3b7619af602cae52a0aaf305f8ffa554
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 609750 3471725c85e7183458134e7b6f72428f

-- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 66731 5928aa79ba1425f6171ff2498ed82c57
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2.dsc
Size/MD5: 1539 be09a810e567b6d5e9c0e699ea6f6d35
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 13297380 25e3593d5e6bfc17911111475a057778

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch-dev_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 37848 cdd046022be11e393c94cd06427f1a3a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-bin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 92034 4bb65e5ae1ce1345a8403ce45613123e
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 234266 050e32d2264f10bc4e16d43c9ef0f225
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-data_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 1328710 cbb005a2f0dc4b5bb2425d1448608863
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dev_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 72632 c724bea962c7107f16fbb1d4b837d738
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pidgin/gaim_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_all.deb
Size/MD5: 86300 774f5f7e6d2a495eb272d4249d185df9

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 226884 778654356ed8517a62e531967a60619a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1604782 0693279fa29bb9b7c104e767a9d0cf96
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 4431992 f3301cd351a4d29bbf5fca944fd52ac3
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 572144 3709481a941f530c1cfd8b18efadd367

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 200878 8ea4b5d4ef47709be587bc0b30d27910
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1365460 2ba4f4606e478b325f49a6058ed09886
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 4242032 90317cc00e3037e852ce3857914cf511
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 517198 f7a61815aa2aff71475297cd7b76c546

lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 197204 3858112dba3f65d1eb9a43d44a641226
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 1415086 d0d08032e22ac56132999a61d75f8071
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 4371468 30ef5919816607e4f2594e8fa664d02b
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 511682 85c979fcb75af48298b2652469d46a47

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 237202 196a4925b68d32e2ad35cff8aaec3b08
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1633050 9d3cb75d0b064b3c321632852b01cfca
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 4474528 bc9647e3320d694226a2a8e6f107ec02
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 589690 56edd0928fd37d727707c056a6b2817b

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 212828 72ae328af916d4e831f387092561e4ef
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 1531820 7f5759f32b810ba0d2765f881f4661dc
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 4363018 9ec1b1e8a3d8b71f47f7e49f07bc9319
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 545602 a269667a162aff2a50b482a58bb23233

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
USN-675-1:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-November/000784.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30881:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30881/

SA30971:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30971/

SA31390:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31390/

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