CVE-2009-1375

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    CVE-2009-1375

    Published: 26 May 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.

    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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491, http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805, http://osvdb.org/54649, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829, 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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