medium5.0
CVE-2009-1375
The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause …
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin | Pidgin | through 2.5.5 Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805
- http://osvdb.org/54649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35329
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
- http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805
- http://osvdb.org/54649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35194