Description
The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-1932-1 | New pidgin packages fix arbitrary code execution |
EUVD |
EUVD-2009-3596 | The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM, as demonstrated by the SIM IM client. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-886-1 | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:10.699Z
Reserved: 2009-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-3615
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-10-20T17:30:00.983
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-3615
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN