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CVE-2012-2318

Published: 3 July 2012

msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
claimed to be fixed in 2.10.4

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.5)
natty
Released (1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2)
oneiric
Released (1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1)
precise
Released (1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4