REDHAT-BUG-500490: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue May 12 2009(Updated: )
A denial-of-service flaw was found in pidgin's QQ protocol handler. When the QQ protocol decrypts packet information, a heap based buffer overflow results, which could cause pidgin to crash.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin |
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Reference Links
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security//?id=30
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.5.6-1.fc9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-5597
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-5583
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2009-5552
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500490
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