Vulnerability CVE-2008-2955
Published: 2008-07-01   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Pidgin 2.4.1 Vulnerability
jplopezy
28.06.2008

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Pidgin -> Pidgin 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
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