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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1805-1 New pidgin packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1373 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 USN Ubuntu USN USN-781-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2024-08-07T05:13:25.426Z

Reserved: 2009-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1375

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-05-26T15:30:05.250

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-1375

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-03-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1375 - Bugzilla

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