Vulnerability CVE-2009-2694
Published: 2009-08-21   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The msn_slplink_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c in libpurple, as used in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.9 and Adium 1.3.5 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by sending multiple crafted SLP (aka MSNSLP) messages to trigger an overwrite of an arbitrary memory location. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1376.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Pidgin -> Pidgin 
Adium -> Adium 

 References:
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/6f7343166c673bf0496ecb1afec9b633c1d54a0e
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266908-1
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libpurple-arbitrary-write
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1870
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9615
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=34
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2303
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2663
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514957
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10319
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6320
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1218.html
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