| Name | CVE-2010-0420 |
| Description | libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2038-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 572946 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.11.0-0+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.12.0-1+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 2.13.0-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.14.1-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.14.13-2 | fixed | |
| qutecom (PTS) | jessie | 2.2.1+dfsg1-5.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gaim | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| gaim | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | ||
| pidgin | source | lenny | 2.4.3-4lenny6 | DSA-2038-1 | ||
| pidgin | source | (unstable) | 2.6.6-1 | low | ||
| qutecom | source | (unstable) | 2.2~rc3.hg396~dfsg1-6 | low | 572946 |
[lenny] - gaim <not-affected> (gaim is a transitional dummy package only)