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CVE-2007-4996

Published: 1 October 2007

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."

Notes

AuthorNote
kees 
remote crasher, but only in 2.2 series, it seems based on the patch

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
gaim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		dapper Not vulnerable
(nudge code not present)
edgy Not vulnerable
(nudge code not vulnerable)
feisty Not vulnerable
(nudge code not vulnerable)
upstream Not vulnerable

pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		upstream
Released (2.2.1)

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