SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1

    Published: 7 Aug 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2640
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-2640

    Summary: Security update for pidgin

    Details: This update for pidgin fixes the following issues: The following security vulnerability was fixed: - CVE-2017-2640: Fixed an out of bound write in purple_markup_unescape_entity, which could be triggered by a server controlled by an attacker and could lead to crashes or, in some extreme cases, to remote code execution on the client side (bsc#1028835).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182235-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028835, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2640

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pidgin

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.6-0.30.3.1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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