| Name | CVE-2012-2214 |
| Description | proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pidgin | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| pidgin | source | (unstable) | 2.10.4-1 | | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - pidgin <end-of-life> (Update not feasible, updated packages are provided through backports)
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62