SB2014102903 - Multiple vulnerabilities in pidgin.im Pidgin
Published: October 29, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3695)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large length value in an emoticon response.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3696)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
nmevent.c in the Novell GroupWise protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted server message that triggers a large memory allocation.
3) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3697)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a drive name in a tar archive of a smiley theme.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3698)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil.c in the Jabber protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted XMPP message.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6436e14bdb9d
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=87
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61968
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/44fd89158777
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=88
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/68b8eb10977f
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=89
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ea46ab68f0dc
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=90