MGASA-2014-0295

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    MGASA-2014-0295

    Published: 26 Jul 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3775

    Summary: Updated pidgin packages fix CVE-2014-3775

    Details: Updated pidgin packages fix security vulnerability: It was discovered that libgadu incorrectly handled certain messages from file relay servers. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause applications using libgadu to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-3775). The pidgin package was built with a bundled copy of the libgadu library which contained the vulnerable code. It has now been built against the external libgadu library, which had been fixed in a previous update. This update also fixes an issue with the Yahoo! protocol that was caused by a bad interaction with the GnuTLS library.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0295.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2216-1/, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13420

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pidgin

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/pidgin?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.10.9-1.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High