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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1624

Original release date:05/14/2010

Last revised:12/09/2010

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973

External Source: XF

Name: pidgin-slp-packets-dos(58559)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/58559

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-2755

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1141

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1014-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1

External Source: BID

Name: 40138

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0788

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46

Hyperlink:http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:097

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 41899

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/41899

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39801

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39801

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.6 and previous versions

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2::linux

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:32_bit

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.5

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7

* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Input Validation (CWE-20)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1624