Information disclosure in Pidgin
CVE-2011-4922
cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Pidgin — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)