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CVE-2007-4999

Publication date 29 October 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.1
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-548-1
    • Pidgin vulnerability
    • 28 November 2007

Other references