CVE-2008-2957

Name	CVE-2008-2957
Description	The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	488632

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pidgin (PTS)	bullseye	2.14.1-1	fixed
	bookworm	2.14.12-1	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	2.14.14-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
gaim	source	lenny	(not affected)
gaim	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
pidgin	source	(unstable)	2.4.3-4	low	488632

[lenny] - gaim <not-affected> (gaim is now a transitional package depending on pidgin with its own source package)
probably only a bandwidth issue