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CVE-2012-2369

Publication date 23 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in data that generates a log message.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin-otr 12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.2.0-5ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 3.2.0-5ubuntu0.11.14.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 3.2.0-5ubuntu0.11.04.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.2.0-5ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

should be mitigated by -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
pidgin-otr