Comment 1 for bug 666998

This bug was fixed in the package pidgin - 1:2.7.3-1ubuntu3.1

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pidgin (1:2.7.3-1ubuntu3.1) maverick-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via base64 decoding (LP: #666998)
    - debian/patches/61_CVE-2010-3711.patch: correctly handle
      purple_base64_decode return codes in libpurple/ntlm.c,
      libpurple/plugins/perl/common/Util.xs,
      libpurple/protocols/{jabber/auth_digest_md5.c,msn/slp.c,
      myspace/message.c,oscar/clientlogin.c,qq/im.c,yahoo/libymsg.c}.
    - CVE-2010-3711
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:17:40 -0400