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CVE-2008-2927

Published: 7 July 2008

Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin before 2.4.3 and Adium before 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
gaim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.1)
feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.4.3)
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy
Released (1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3)
hardy
Released (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2)
intrepid Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.4.3)
Patches:
debdiff: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245770
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c
upstream: http://patch-tracking.debian.net/patch/series/view/gaim/1:2.0.0+beta5-10etch1/20_CVE-2008-2927.patch
vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=310788