[Secure-testing-team] Bug#859159: pidgin: CVE-2017-2640

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Package: pidgin
Version: 2.10.11-1
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org secure-testing-team at lists.alioth.debian.org
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Control: fixed -1 2.11.0-0+deb8u2

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for pidgin.
Filling this with RC severity, since it's although fixed in sid and
in stable, and means a regression while updating to stretch.

CVE-2017-2640[0]:
Out-of-bounds write when stripping xml

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2640
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2640

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore