CVE-2012-1257

NameCVE-2012-1257
DescriptionPidgin 2.10.0 uses DBUS for certain cleartext communication, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a dbus session monitor.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pidgin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.11.0-0+deb8u2vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.12.0-1+deb9u1vulnerable
buster2.13.0-2vulnerable
bullseye2.14.1-1vulnerable
trixie, bookworm2.14.12-1vulnerable
sid2.14.13-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pidginsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

Negligible local information disclosure

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