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CVE-2011-1091

Published: 14 March 2011

libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
just a DoS

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
pidgin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.4)
maverick
Released (1:2.7.3-1ubuntu3.3)
natty
Released (1:2.7.11-1ubuntu1)
oneiric
Released (1:2.7.11-1ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (2.7.11)
Patches:
upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7
vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1371.html