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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1500-1

Posted Jul 9, 2012

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1500-1 - Evgeny Boger discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled buddy list messages in the AIM and ICQ protocol handlers. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 11.04 and 11.10. Thijs Alkemade discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled malformed voice and video chat requests in the XMPP protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 11.04 and 11.10. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, protocol

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2011-4601, CVE-2011-4602, CVE-2011-4603, CVE-2011-4922, CVE-2011-4939, CVE-2012-1178, CVE-2012-2214, CVE-2012-2318, CVE-2012-3374, CVE-2011-4601, CVE-2011-4602, CVE-2011-4603, CVE-2011-4922, CVE-2011-4939, CVE-2012-1178, CVE-2012-2214, CVE-2012-2318, CVE-2012-3374

SHA-256 | a749885c45d3ed6a82077ecb3953f73e5275c512532f5583f18a44f27c49d270

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