USN-2216-1

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    USN-2216-1

    Published: 21 May 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: pidgin vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain messages from Gadu-Gadu file relay servers. A malicious remote server or a machine-in-the-middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2216-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3775

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pidgin

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

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

    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

    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