| 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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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) | buster | 2.13.0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.14.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, trixie | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.14.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gaim | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| gaim | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| pidgin | source | (unstable) | 2.4.3-4 | low | | 488632 |
Notes
[lenny] - gaim <not-affected> (gaim is now a transitional package depending on pidgin with its own source package)
probably only a bandwidth issue