DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2957

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2957
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2957.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2957
Upstream
Published
2008-07-01T22:41:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:18:33.816745Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}