AVG-226 log
| Package | libpurple |
| Status | Fixed |
| Severity | High |
| Type | arbitrary code execution |
| Affected | 2.11.0-2 |
| Fixed | 2.12.0-1 |
| Current | 2.14.13-2 [extra] |
| Ticket | None |
| Created | Tue Mar 21 13:52:57 2017 |
| Issue | Severity | Remote | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-2640 | High | Yes | Arbitrary code execution | An out-of-bounds write has been found in libpurple < 2.12.0 in the purple_markup_unescape_entity function. This issue can be triggered by a malicious server... |
| Date | Advisory | Package | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2017 | ASA-201703-18 | libpurple | arbitrary code execution |
| References |
|---|
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/57 https://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=109 https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/b2fc9e774cb9 |