CVE-2012-1178

Publication date 15 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 1:2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.5
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/1b1b97b8e942 Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/f9eeb175a5c9 Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/f5fd49c83637 Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5c02bc93f2c4 Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/85ec889f1675

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1500-1
Pidgin vulnerabilities
9 July 2012

CVE-2012-1178

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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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