Sensitive Information Exposure in Cipher API of Pidgin

CVE-2011-4922 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

cipher.c in the Cipher API in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.10 retains encryption-key data in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a core file or other representation of memory contents.

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