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Unscored RHSA-2012:1102 3 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 55

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client finch 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libpurple 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libpurple-perl 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libpurple-tcl 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client pidgin 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client pidgin-perl 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation finch-devel 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation libpurple-devel 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation pidgin 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation pidgin-devel 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client finch 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client finch-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client libpurple 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client libpurple-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client libpurple-perl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client libpurple-tcl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client pidgin 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client pidgin-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client pidgin-docs 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::client pidgin-perl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server finch 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server finch-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server libpurple 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server libpurple-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server libpurple-perl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server libpurple-tcl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server pidgin 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server pidgin-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server pidgin-docs 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::server pidgin-perl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation finch 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation finch-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation libpurple 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation libpurple-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation libpurple-perl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation libpurple-tcl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation pidgin 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation pidgin-devel 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation pidgin-docs 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · RHEL 6 enterprise_linux:6::workstation pidgin-perl 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 finch 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 finch-devel 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple-devel 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple-perl 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple-tcl 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin-devel 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin-perl 0:2.6.6-11.el5.4

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2012-1178

    The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows rem…

    pidgin Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2012-2318

    msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, whic…

    pidgin Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2012-3374

    Buffer overflow in markup.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.5 allows remote attackers to…

    pidgin Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803298
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819446
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837319
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2012/rhsa-2012_1102.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1178
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1178
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1178
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2318
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2318
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2318
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3374
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3374
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3374