CVE-2007-4996

Publication date 1 October 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gaim 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

kees

remote crasher, but only in 2.2 series, it seems based on the patch