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Unscored RHSA-2008:0584 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security and bug fix update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 38

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el3
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws pidgin 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws pidgin-debuginfo 0:1.5.1-2.el4
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client finch 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libpurple 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libpurple-perl 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client libpurple-tcl 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client pidgin 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client pidgin-perl 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation finch-devel 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation libpurple-devel 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation pidgin 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation pidgin-devel 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 finch 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 finch-devel 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple-devel 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple-perl 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 libpurple-tcl 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin-debuginfo 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin-devel 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Red Hat · Rhel Productivity 5 rhel_productivity:5 pidgin-perl 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2008-2927

    Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protoc…

    pidgin Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453634
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453764
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453773
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453774
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0584.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2927
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2927
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2927