| Name | CVE-2011-4603 |
| Description | The silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3594. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | 2.14.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | source | squeeze | 2.7.3-1+squeeze2 | |||
| pidgin | source | (unstable) | 2.10.1-1 | low |