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:

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.