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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2009-1375 Detail

Description

The PurpleCircBuffer implementation in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.6 does not properly maintain a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving the (1) XMPP or (2) Sametime protocol.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1805 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/54649 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35188 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35194 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35294 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35329 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:173 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=31 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1060.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35067 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1396 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50683 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10829 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00033.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00051.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00075.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1375
NVD Published Date:
05/26/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.