CVE-2012-1257

Publication date 20 November 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [upstream wontfix]
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

libpurple exposes private comms over local session dbus. This is a legitimate issue for desktop application isolation

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N