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title: "CVE-2009-1375\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1375

Publication date 26 May 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6
does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via
vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gaim | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| pidgin | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.4 |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1375?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pidgin | * Upstream:   <http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/7829ec76bdb008583f8da54e238c2265a1140db2> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1375)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1375)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1375)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1375)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-781-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-781-1)
+ Pidgin vulnerabilities
+ 3 June 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1375>