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Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA36384
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Release Date:
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2009-08-19
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Last Update:
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2009-09-10
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Popularity:
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1,711 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Pidgin 2.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Description:
A vulnerability, a security issue, and a weakness have been reported in Pidgin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a user's system.
1) An error in the "msn_slplink_process_msg()" function when processing MSN SLP messages can be exploited to corrupt memory.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 2.5.8 and prior. Other versions may also be affected.
2) The application connects to Jabberd servers that are not fully compliant with the XMPP specifications without encryption, even if the "Require SSL/TLS" setting is configured. This can be exploited to potentially disclose sensitive information transmitted during an XMPP session.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.6.0.
3) An error when processing links received via the Yahoo Messenger protocol can be exploited to crash the application.
The weakness is reported in version 2.6.0.
Change Page:
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