PT-2011-4297 · Pidgin · Pidgin

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala · Published 2011-08-29 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2011-3185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.0

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a file: URL in a message. This is due to a problem in the gtkutils.c file on Windows.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10.0, update to version 2.10.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3185

Affected Products

Pidgin

References · 16

• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55 · Vendor Advisory
• http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c · Patch
• http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3185 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45663 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025961 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/12 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/10 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18324 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69342 · Note
• http://insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-110822.1.htm · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/49268 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/519391/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/7 · Note