--- title: "CVE-2009-3615\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3615?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-3615 Publication date 20 October 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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 Show unmaintained releases | 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 | --- * [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-2009-3615?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: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3615) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3615) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3615) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3615) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-886-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-886-1) + Pidgin vulnerabilities + 18 January 2010 ### Other references * *