PT-2012-1999 · Pidgin+1 · Pidgin+1

Moritz Muehlenhoff · Published 2011-05-19 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-4922

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.7.10

Description The issue allows local users to potentially obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents, due to encryption-key data being retained in process memory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.7.10, update to version 2.7.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4922

RHSA-2011:0616

RHSA-2011_0616

Affected Products

Pidgin

Red Hat

References · 12

• 🔥 http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/8c850977cb42 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4922 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=50 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0616.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4922 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1091 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18223 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0616 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4922 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/13 · Note