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CVE-2010-3711

Published: 27 October 2010

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.

Priority

Low

Status

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

hardy
Released (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.10)
karmic
Released (1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7.3)
lucid
Released (1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.1)
maverick
Released (1:2.7.3-1ubuntu3.1)
upstream
Released (2.7.4-2)
Patches:
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc