Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A security vulnerability has been identified and fixed in pidgin:
Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon (CVE-2010-0013).
This update provides pidgin 2.6.5, which is not vulnerable to this issue.
Affected
pidgin on Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0122, CVE-2010-0013 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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