CVE-2009-1375

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/35329

http://secunia.com/advisories/35294

http://secunia.com/advisories/35215

http://secunia.com/advisories/35202

http://secunia.com/advisories/35194

http://secunia.com/advisories/35188

http://osvdb.org/54649

http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3