RHSA-2008:1023Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security and bug fix update

Published
December 15, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2008-2955 →CVE-2008-2957 →CVE-2008-3532 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-2955 — pidgin: remote DoS via MSN message with crafted file name CVE-2008-2957 — pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via UPnP CVE-2008-3532 — pidgin: NSS plugin doesn't verify SSL certificates

🎯 Affected products176

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • finch-0:2.5.2-6.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.5.2-6.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • +146 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (10)