CVE-2008-2955
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 7%
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.
Products: pidgin
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | pidgin | 2.4.3-1 |
| Debian 13 | pidgin | 2.4.3-1 |
| Debian 14 | pidgin | 2.4.3-1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | finch | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | finch-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.5.2-6.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | finch | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | finch-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.5.2-6.el5 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | pidgin | 2.14.7-1.1 |