-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: pidgin security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0646-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0646.html Issue date: 2013-03-14 CVE Names: CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273 CVE-2013-0274 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin MXit protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2013-0272) A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Pidgin Sametime protocol plug-in. A malicious server or a remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially-crafted username. (CVE-2013-0273) A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain UPnP responses. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted UPnP response that, when processed, would crash Pidgin. (CVE-2013-0274) Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting the above issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter of CVE-2013-0272. All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 910040 - CVE-2013-0272 pidgin: MXit protocol stack-based buffer overflow when processing HTTP headers 910041 - CVE-2013-0273 pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames 910042 - CVE-2013-0274 pidgin: missing nul termination of long values in UPnP responses 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.src.rpm i386: finch-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm x86_64: finch-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm finch-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.src.rpm i386: finch-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm x86_64: finch-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm finch-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) : Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.src.rpm i386: finch-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm finch-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm x86_64: finch-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm finch-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm finch-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm finch-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm libpurple-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386.rpm pidgin-devel-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-perl-2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.src.rpm i386: libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm x86_64: libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.src.rpm i386: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-docs-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm x86_64: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-docs-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.src.rpm i386: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-docs-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm ppc64: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc.rpm finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm pidgin-docs-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm pidgin-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64.rpm x86_64: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-docs-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.src.rpm i386: libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm x86_64: libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/pidgin-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.src.rpm i386: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-docs-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm x86_64: finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm finch-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm libpurple-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-perl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm libpurple-tcl-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-debuginfo-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686.rpm pidgin-devel-2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm 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