suse · CVE-2015-8833

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Priority: high Published: 2021-05-30 13:36:08 UTC Updated: 2025-04-12 23:27:19 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2015-8833 severity important: SUSE including 10 source package names (pidgin-otr, pidgin-otr-4.0.0-11.6, …), 27 product×package rows across 18 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (18 product lines)): Fixed 24, Known Not Affected 3.

Description:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the create_smp_dialog function in gtk-dialog.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 4.0.2 for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the "Authenticate buddy" menu item.

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