CVE-2012-2214
Published: 3 July 2012
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| jdstrand | claimed to be fixed in 2.10.4 |
| tyhicks | After my code review and upstream's confirmation, the vulnerability was introduced sometime after 2.7.11. Upstream believes it was introduced in changeset 31742:e6eb15f2734b |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
pidgin Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
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| natty |
Not vulnerable
(1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| oneiric |
Released
(1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| precise |
Released
(1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
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Patches: upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb |
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