CVE-2008-2955 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2955
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA30881 Secunia Advisory: SA33102 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded BID 2998529956

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