PT-2012-3887 · Pidgin+1 · Libpurple+2

Published 2012-07-03 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2012-2214

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.4

Description The issue arises from improper handling of canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts in proxy.c in libpurple, allowing user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved through a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10.4, update to version 2.10.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2214

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1

Affected Products

Pidgin

Suse

Libpurple

References · 8

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2214 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17886 · Note