National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3185

Overview

gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a file: URL in a message.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=55

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/29484df15413fe3bbd21bbfcef26a55362055a81/with/5749f9193063800d27bef75c2388f6f9cc2f7f37/pidgin/gtkutils.c

External Source: XF

Name: pidgin-uri-code-execution(69342)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/69342

External Source: BID

Name: 49268

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49268

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110822 Insomnia : ISVA-110822.1 - Pidgin IM Insecure URL Handling Remote Code Execution

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/519391/100/0/threaded

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/7

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/12

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/10

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-110822.1.htm

Hyperlink:http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-110822.1.htm

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025961

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025961

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45663

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45663