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Gentoo: GLSA-200905-07 Normal: Pidgin DoS and Remote Code Risk

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Calendar Grey May 25, 2009
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Uncover several security flaws in Pidgin running on Gentoo Linux, leading to potential remote execution threats and risks of service disruption.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200905-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: May 25, 2009 Bugs: #270811 ID: 200905-07

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background ========= Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is an instant messaging client for a variety of instant messaging protocols.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/pidgin < 2.5.6 >= 2.5.6
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin:
* Veracode reported a boundary error in the "XMPP SOCKS5 bytestream server" wh...

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