CVE-2009-3615

Publication date 20 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	9.10 karmic	Fixed 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7.1
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.5
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.6
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.8
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-886-1
Pidgin vulnerabilities
18 January 2010

Other references

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3615