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CVE-2009-3085

Published: 8 September 2009

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
code in hardy is different

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
intrepid
Released (1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.6)
jaunty
Released (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.5)
karmic Not vulnerable
(1:2.6.2-1ubuntu2)
upstream
Released (2.6.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/fd5955618eddcd84d522b30ff11102f9601f38c8