Description
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947 ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985 ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33102 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30881 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html ↗