<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201706-10"> <title>Pidgin: Arbitrary code execution</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">pidgin</product> <announced>2017-06-06</announced> <revised count="1">2017-06-06</revised> <bug>612188</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-im/pidgin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.12.0</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.12.0</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Pidgin is a GTK Instant Messenger client for a variety of instant messaging protocols. </p> </background> <description> <p>Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xml messages. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted instant message, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the Pidgin process. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Pidgin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/pidgin-2.12.0" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2640">CVE-2017-2640</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-19T06:30:00Z">BlueKnight</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-06T19:36:09Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>