FLEA-2007-0057-1 pidgin

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Foresight Linux Essential Advisory: 2007-0057-1 Published: 2007-10-02

Rating: Minor

Updated Versions:

    pidgin=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/2.2.1-1-0.1     group-dist=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/1.4.0-0.5-8

References:

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4996     http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23

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    Previous versions of the pidgin package are vulnerable to a Denial of     Service (crash) caused by a user not on the target's buddy list sending a     "nudge," a feature of the MSN protocol.

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Copyright 2007 Foresight Linux Project
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Received on Wed Oct 3 13:29:04 2007