CVE-2010-0420

Name	CVE-2010-0420
Description	libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2038-1
Debian Bugs	572946

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
	sid, trixie	2.14.13-2	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)	low
pidgin	source	lenny	2.4.3-4lenny6		DSA-2038-1
pidgin	source	(unstable)	2.6.6-1	low
qutecom	source	(unstable)	2.2~rc3.hg396~dfsg1-6	low		572946

[lenny] - gaim <not-affected> (gaim is a transitional dummy package only)