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CVE-2008-2957

Published: 1 July 2008

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
UPnP is not in Dapper, no not affected

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
gaim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10)
feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
gutsy Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.4.3-4)
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Does not exist

gutsy
Released (1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.3)
hardy
Released (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2)
intrepid Not vulnerable
(1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (2.4.3-4)
Patches:
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/434563a4b8fadb9593c241db4bb5ffd0bf2c0627