PT-2007-6105 · Pidgin · Pidgin

Published 2007-10-01 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.2.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a specific type of message that triggers an access of an invalid memory location. This occurs when handling MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.1, update to version 2.2.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4996

Affected Products

Pidgin

References · 13

• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23 · Patch
• http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4996 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4996 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27010 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27088 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25872 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36884 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18261 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321 · Note