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title: "CVE-2012-2323\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2323

Publication date 21 July 2017

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs:
CVE-2012-2214. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of
CVE-2012-2214. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-2214 instead
of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have
been removed to prevent accidental usage

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2323?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pidgin | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

This was dupe of CVE-2012-2214 and was rejected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2323)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2323)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2323)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2323)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/8>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2323>
