PT-2009-1045 · Pidgin+2 · Libpurple+3
Publicado
2009-09-08
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Atualizado
2017-09-19
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CVE-2009-3083
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Média
| Vetor | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Pidgin versions prior to 2.6.2
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash. This can be achieved through an SLP invite message lacking certain required fields. The vulnerability has been demonstrated with a malformed message from a KMess client. The issue affects the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.6.2, update to version 2.6.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the handling of SLP invite messages to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Correção
DoS
Buffer Overflow
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Identificadores relacionados
Produtos afetados
Kmess
Pidgin
Red Hat
Libpurple