National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2703

Overview

libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3

External Source: BID

Name: 36277

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36601

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36601

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11379

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11379

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11379

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11379