ubuntu · CVE-2012-1257

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-1257 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pidgin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): ignored 4.

Description:

Pidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.