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pidgin: two denial of service vulnerabilities

Package(s):pidgin CVE #(s):CVE-2011-4939 CVE-2012-1178
Created:March 16, 2012 Updated:March 26, 2012
Description:

From the Mandriva advisory:

The pidgin_conv_chat_rename_user function in gtkconv.c in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by changing a nickname while in an XMPP chat room (CVE-2011-4939).

The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding (CVE-2012-1178).

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2012:029 2012-03-16
Fedora FEDORA-2012-4595 2012-03-24
Ubuntu USN-1500-1 2012-07-09

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