CVE-2010-4528

Publication date 7 January 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

only affects 2.7.6-2.7.8

Patch details

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Package Patch details
pidgin