Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports...

Vulnerability Description

Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.11.0.

References

• https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/
• https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91
• https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38