| Name | CVE-2010-4528 |
| Description | directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session. |
| 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 | 608331 |
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 |
| trixie, bookworm | 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 |
|---|
| pidgin | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| pidgin | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| pidgin | source | (unstable) | 2.7.9-1 | medium | | 608331 |
Notes
[squeeze] - pidgin <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[lenny] - pidgin <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)