CVE-2009-1375
published 2009-05-26CVE-2009-1375: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause…
PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
2.31%
81.6th percentile
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.
Affected
25 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.5.6-1 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.5.6-1 (bookworm) |
| pidgin | pidgin | <= 2.5.5 | — |
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| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.5.6-1 | 2.5.6-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.5.6-1 | 2.5.6-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.5.6-1 | 2.5.6-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.5.6-1 | 2.5.6-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu7.1HIGH
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2009-06-03·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2009-1373 [HIGH] Pidgin vulnerabilities
Title: Pidgin vulnerabilities
Summary: Pidgin vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed
messages when sending a file using the XMPP protocol handler. If a user
were tricked into sending a file, a remote attacker could send a specially
crafted response and cause Pidgin to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary
code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-1373)
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed
messages in the QQ protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a
specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04. (CVE-2009-1374)
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain malformed
messages in the XMPP and Sametime protocol handlers. A remote attacker
Red Hat
pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
vendor_redhat·2009-03-20·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-1375 [MEDIUM] pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
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.
Debian
CVE-2009-1375: pidgin - The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does ...
vendor_debian·2009·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-1375 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-1375: pidgin - The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.5.6-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.5.6-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.5.6-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.5.6-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.5.6-1)
GHSA
GHSA-5p6v-j9j4-qvgx: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02
CVE-2009-1375 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-5p6v-j9j4-qvgx: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2
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.
OSV
CVE-2009-1375: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2
osv·2009-05-26·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-1375 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-1375: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1376 CVE-2009-1373 CVE-2009-1374 CVE-2009-1375 Multiple pidgin vulnerabilities
bugzilla·2009-05-26·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2009-1376 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-1376 CVE-2009-1373 CVE-2009-1374 CVE-2009-1375 Multiple pidgin vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-1376 CVE-2009-1373 CVE-2009-1374 CVE-2009-1375 Multiple pidgin vulnerabilities
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in all affected branches.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed against "Security Response" product referenced in "Blocks" field.
bug #500493: CVE-2009-1376 pidgin incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927
bug #500488: CVE-2009-1373 pidgin file transfer buffer overflow
bug #500490: CVE-2009-1374 pidgin DoS when decrypting qq packets
bug #500491: CVE-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
When creating a Bodhi update request, please include the bug IDs of the respective parent bugs filed against the "Security Response" product.
Please mention CVE
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
bugzilla·2009-05-12·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-1375 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
CVE-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
A flaw was found in the way Pidgin's PurpleCircBuffer object is expanded.
If the buffer is full when more data arrives, it results in corruption of
the data stored in the buffer. This corrupt data could possibly result in
confusing or misleading data being presented to the user, or possibly crash
Pidgin.
Discussion:
Link to upstream advisory:
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security//?id=31
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This issue has been addressed in following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Via RHSA-2009:1060 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
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pidgin-2.5.6-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.5.6-1.fc9
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pidgin-2.5.6-1.fc9 has been pushed to th
http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805http://osvdb.org/54649http://secunia.com/advisories/35188http://secunia.com/advisories/35194http://secunia.com/advisories/35202http://secunia.com/advisories/35215http://secunia.com/advisories/35294http://secunia.com/advisories/35329http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xmlhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.htmlhttp://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805http://osvdb.org/54649http://secunia.com/advisories/35188http://secunia.com/advisories/35194http://secunia.com/advisories/35202http://secunia.com/advisories/35215http://secunia.com/advisories/35294http://secunia.com/advisories/35329http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xmlhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html
2009-05-26
Published