PT-2017-15458 · Pidgin+5 · Pidgin+5

Joseph Bisch · Published 2017-03-10 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-2640

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.12.0

Description An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed XML content. A malicious remote server could potentially use this flaw to crash Pidgin or execute arbitrary code in the context of the pidgin process.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.12.0, update to version 2.12.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to untrusted XML content until a patch is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1275

CESA-2017_1854

CVE-2017-2640

DLA-853-1

DSA-3806-1

MGASA-2017-0102

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0973-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11172-1

RHSA-2017:1854

RHSA-2017_1854

SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1

SUSE-SU-2018_2235-1

USN-3231-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Pidgin

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 31

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2640 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2640 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3231-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-2640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0102 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3231-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0102.html · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3806 · Vendor Advisory