1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-796-1

USN-796-1: Pidgin vulnerability

Publication date

6 July 2009

Overview

Pidgin vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

Yuriy Kaminskiy discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain
messages in the ICQ protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a
specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash.

Yuriy Kaminskiy discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain
messages in the ICQ protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a
specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Pidgin to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.04 jaunty pidgin –  1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.3
8.10 intrepid pidgin –  1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.3
8.04 hardy pidgin –  1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.5

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