Description
The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491 ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35329 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/54649 ↗
- http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35294 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35188 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35194 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35202 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35215 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396 ↗
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173 ↗