National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4601

Overview

family_feedbag.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) AIM or (2) ICQ message associated with buddy-list addition.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0066

Hyperlink:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13195955

External Source: BID

Name: 51010

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51010

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1821

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1821.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1820

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1820.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20111210 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/10/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20111209 CVE request: Pidgin crash

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/10/1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:183

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:183

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 47234

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/47234

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 47219

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/47219

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=57

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=57

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/757272a78a8ca6027d518e614712c3399e34dda3

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/757272a78a8ca6027d518e614712c3399e34dda3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/bc79b1bf09dcfa1d8edac86a06761fce7416e69c/with/757272a78a8ca6027d518e614712c3399e34dda3/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_feedbag.c

Hyperlink:http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/bc79b1bf09dcfa1d8edac86a06761fce7416e69c/with/757272a78a8ca6027d518e614712c3399e34dda3/libpurple/protocols/oscar/family_feedbag.c