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Pidgin OSCAR Protocol Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host has installed Pidgin and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Error in OSCAR protocol implementation leads to the application misinterpreting the ICQWebMessage message type as ICQSMS message type via a crafted ICQ web message that triggers allocation of a large amount of memory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Pidgin version prior to 2.5.8 on Windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.5.8.