CVE-2011-4602

Publication date 16 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.5
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

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Patch details

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://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/15eb0e242206 Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1821.html

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1500-1
Pidgin vulnerabilities
9 July 2012

Other references

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=58
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4602