UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3698

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3698

    Published: 23 Oct 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3698
    Aliases:
    USN-2390-1

    Summary:

    Details: The jabber_idn_validate function in jutil.c in the Jabber protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted XMPP message.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3698, http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=90, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2390-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3698

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pidgin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
    1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
    1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1

    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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