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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-1376: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-1376: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/26/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 on 32-bit platforms allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, leading to buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-im-pidgin

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