CVE-2008-1227: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Nov 09 2007(Updated: )
Description of problem: pidgin crashes on login to a silc account. I tried setting it up fresh, and from old setup. Both caused the crash. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pidgin-2.2.2-1.fc8.x86_64 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install pidgin 2. Run pidgin 3. Setup silc account Actual results: Crash Expected results: Runs normally Additional info: If run from a terminal window it mentions a buffer overflow.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Silc Silc Toolkit | =1.1 | |
| Silc Silc Toolkit | =1.1.1 | |
| Silc Silc Toolkit | =1.1.3 | |
| Silc Silc Toolkit | <=1.1.5 | |
| Silc Silc Toolkit | =1.1.2 | |
| Silc Silc Toolkit | =1.1.4 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372021
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28101
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29174
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29946
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:158
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0769
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41012
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=290915
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=290915&action=edit
- http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/nosnilmot/task_328484/
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/F8/FEDORA-2008-1041
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=372021#c11
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