CVE-2012-2318

Publication date 3 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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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	Fixed 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.5
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

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Notes

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claimed to be fixed in 2.10.4

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/4d6bcb4f4ea4

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1500-1
Pidgin vulnerabilities
9 July 2012

Other references

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2318