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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-38">
  <title>Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pidgin, the worst of
    which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pidgin</product>
  <announced>2017-01-17</announced>
  <revised>2017-01-17: 01</revised>
  <bug>586698</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-im/pidgin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.11.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.11.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Pidgin is a client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker might send specially crafted data using the MXit
      protocol, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
      with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or in
      leaking confidential information.
    </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 "&gt;=net-im/pidgin-2.11.0"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1000030">
      CVE-2016-1000030
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2365">CVE-2016-2365</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2366">CVE-2016-2366</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2367">CVE-2016-2367</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2368">CVE-2016-2368</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2369">CVE-2016-2369</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2370">CVE-2016-2370</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2371">CVE-2016-2371</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2372">CVE-2016-2372</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2373">CVE-2016-2373</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2374">CVE-2016-2374</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2375">CVE-2016-2375</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2376">CVE-2016-2376</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2377">CVE-2016-2377</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2378">CVE-2016-2378</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2379">CVE-2016-2379</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2380">CVE-2016-2380</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4323">CVE-2016-4323</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-16T06:16:34Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-17T03:34:45Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>