DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2955

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2955
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2955.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2955
Upstream
Published
2008-07-01T22:41:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:54Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / pidgin

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2955.json"

Debian:13 / pidgin

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2955.json"

Debian:14 / pidgin

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2955.json"