CVE-2012-2214

Publication date 3 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

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

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)