CVE-2009-1373

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    CVE-2009-1373

    Published: 26 May 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an outbound XMPP file transfer. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/35188, http://secunia.com/advisories/35194, http://secunia.com/advisories/35202, http://secunia.com/advisories/35215, http://secunia.com/advisories/35294, http://secunia.com/advisories/35329, http://secunia.com/advisories/35330, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:140, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-2, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=29, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500488, http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1059.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50682, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17722, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9005, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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