PT-2010-2194 · Pidgin+1 · Pidgin+1

Tomas Hoger · Published 2010-02-18 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2010-0423

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.6.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption and application hang, by sending many smileys in an IM or chat.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.6, update to version 2.6.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0423

DSA-2038-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1

RHSA-2010:0115

RHSA-2010_0115

Affected Products

Pidgin

Red Hat

References · 35

• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45 · Vendor Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0423 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0423 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0423 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38658 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38712 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 · Vendor Advisory