Pidgin buffer overflows in XMPP, MSN

pidgin: buffer/integer overflows
*Package(s)*:pidgin *CVE
#(s)*:CVE-2009-1373<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1373>
CVE-2009-1376<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1376>
*Created*:May 22, 2009 *Updated*:June 2, 2009 *Description*: From the Red
Hat advisory:

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin initiates file transfers
when using the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). If a
Pidgin client initiates a file transfer, and the remote target sends a
malformed response, it could cause Pidgin to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. This flaw
only affects accounts using XMPP, such as Jabber and Google Talk.
(CVE-2009-1373)

It was discovered that on 32-bit platforms, the Red Hat Security Advisory
RHSA-2008:0584 provided an incomplete fix for the integer overflow flaw
affecting Pidgin's MSN protocol handler. If a Pidgin client receives a
specially-crafted MSN message, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code
with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. (CVE-2009-1376)
*Alerts*: Red Hat RHSA-2009:1059-02 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/334298/>
2009-05-22 Red Hat RHSA-2009:1060-02 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/334299/>
2009-05-22 CentOS CESA-2009:1059 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/334304/> 2009-05-22
CentOS CESA-2009:1060 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/334571/> 2009-05-22 Debian
DSA-1805-1 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/334558/> 2009-05-22 Gentoo
200905-07<http://lwn.net/Alerts/334681/>
2009-05-25 Slackware SSA:2009-146-01 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/334879/>
2009-05-27 Fedora FEDORA-2009-5552 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/335740/>
2009-05-28 Fedora FEDORA-2009-5597 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/335741/>
2009-05-28 Fedora FEDORA-2009-5583 <http://lwn.net/Alerts/335742/>
2009-05-28
http://lwn.net/Articles/334067/

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