CVE-2010-2528

Publication date 30 July 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that lacks the expected end tag for a (1) desc or (2) title element.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

How can I get the fixes?
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Patch details

Notes

mdeslaur

2.7.x only, code isn't present in earlier versions

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/8e8ff246492e45af8f8d0808296d6f2906794dc0

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=47
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2528