54649 : Pidgin XMPP / Sametime Protocol PurpleCircBuffer Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-05-20

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-1375" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-1375 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35067
Secunia Advisory ID: 35188 35194 35202 35215 35294 35329 36268
ISS X-Force ID: 50683
Related OSVDB ID: 54646 54647 54648
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00005.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31
Other Advisory URL: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2009-June/000909.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
RHSA-2009:1060

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-05-26 | Disagree?

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2009/05/22 20:04:00 | [Full-disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 1805-1] New pidgin packages fix several vulnerabilities

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory ... (s) : CVE-2009-1373 CVE-2009-1375 CVE-2009-1376 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a graphical ... lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. CVE-2009-1375

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