Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1932-1 pidgin -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 08 Nov 2009
- Affected Packages:
- pidgin
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-3615.
- More information:
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It was discovered that incorrect pointer handling in the purple library, an internal component of the multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin, could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code through malformed contact requests.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-4lenny5.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pidgin package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch-dev_2.4.3-4lenny5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-data_2.4.3-4lenny5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dev_2.4.3-4lenny5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.4.3-4lenny5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-bin_2.4.3-4lenny5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-data_2.4.3-4lenny5_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_mipsel.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.4.3-4lenny5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/finch_2.4.3-4lenny5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-dbg_2.4.3-4lenny5_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.