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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-1374
Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim)...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the decrypt_out function in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a QQ packet.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50684
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35329
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=30
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35194
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35202
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18201
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500490
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 26th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.