National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3083

Overview

The msn_slp_sip_recv function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an SLP invite message that lacks certain required fields, as demonstrated by a malformed message from a KMess client.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=39

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=39

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b4a95ea62b81a06ffc1993912471c511b786efdd

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b4a95ea62b81a06ffc1993912471c511b786efdd

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6d3fc30a0a0a379281efc5a6872a9c1d7c24c650/with/b4a95ea62b81a06ffc1993912471c511b786efdd/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6d3fc30a0a0a379281efc5a6872a9c1d7c24c650/with/b4a95ea62b81a06ffc1993912471c511b786efdd/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10159

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10159

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:6322

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6322

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11852

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11852

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6322

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6322

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11852

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11852