*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

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(mdeslaur):

Binary package hint: pidgin

Pidgin 2.7.4 fixes CVE-2010-3711. Description: "It has been discovered
that eight denial of service conditions exist in libpurple all due to
insufficient validation of the return value from purple_base64_decode().
Invalid or malformed data received in place of a valid base64-encoded
value in portions of the Yahoo!, MSN, MySpaceIM, and XMPP protocol
plugins and the NTLM authentication support trigger a crash. These
vulnerabilities can be leveraged by a remote user for denial of
service".

References:
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc

** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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CVE-2010-3711 security vulnerability in pidgin < 2.7.4
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/666998
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