PublicDate: 2009-05-26 15:30:00 UTC
Candidate: CVE-2009-1375
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1375
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-781-1
Description:
 The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6
 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers
 to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via
 vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384222
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS: 

Patches_pidgin:
 upstream: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/7829ec76bdb008583f8da54e238c2265a1140db2
upstream_pidgin: released (2.5.6)
dapper_pidgin: DNE
feisty_pidgin: DNE
hardy_pidgin: released (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.4)
intrepid_pidgin: released (1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.2)
jaunty_pidgin: released (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1)
devel_pidgin: not-affected (1:2.5.6-1ubuntu1)

Patches_gaim:
upstream_gaim: released (2.5.6)
dapper_gaim: not-affected (code not present)
gutsy_gaim: DNE
hardy_gaim: DNE
intrepid_gaim: DNE
jaunty_gaim: DNE
devel_gaim: DNE