{"id":"SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1","summary":"Security update for pidgin","details":"This update for pidgin fixes the following issues:\n\nThe following security vulnerability was fixed:\n\n- CVE-2017-2640: Fixed an out of bound write in purple_markup_unescape_entity,\n  which could be triggered by a server controlled by an attacker and could\n  lead to crashes or, in some extreme cases, to remote code execution on the\n  client side (bsc#1028835).\n","modified":"2026-03-11T06:53:08.090193Z","published":"2018-08-07T10:47:06Z","related":["CVE-2017-2640"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-2640"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182235-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028835"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2640"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pidgin","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/pidgin&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"finch-devel":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1","finch":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1","libpurple-devel":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1","libpurple-lang":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1","libpurple":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1","pidgin-devel":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1","pidgin":"2.6.6-0.30.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:2235-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}