--- title: CVE-2011-3184 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-2011-3184 --- # CVE-2011-3184 Publication date 29 August 2011 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The msn\_httpconn\_parse\_data function in httpconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly handle HTTP 100 responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect memory access and application crash) via vectors involving a crafted server message. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | pidgin | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Fixed 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.1 | | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1:2.7.3-1ubuntu3.3 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.4 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | --- * [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-2011-3184#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 | * Other: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3184) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3184) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3184) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3184) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1273-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1273-1) + Pidgin vulnerabilities + 21 November 2011 ### Other references * * *