RHSA-2011:1820Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security update

Published
December 14, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2011-4601 →CVE-2011-4602 →CVE-2011-4603 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-4601 — (libpurple): Invalid UTF-8 string handling in OSCAR messages CVE-2011-4602 — pidgin: Multiple NULL pointer deference flaws by processing certain Jingle stanzas in the XMPP protocol plug-in CVE-2011-4603 — pidgin: SILC remote crash on channel messages

🎯 Affected products176

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-10.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • finch-0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-10.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • +146 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (6)