Ubuntu Security Notice USN-548-1
28th November, 2007
pidgin vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
Software description
- pidgin
Details
It was discovered that Pidgin did not correctly handle certain logging
events. A remote attacker could send specially crafted messages and cause
the application to crash, leading to a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- libpurple0 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Pidgin to effect
the necessary changes.