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Pidgin 'X-Status' Message Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Pidgin and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is caused by a NULL pointer dereference error when processing malformed 'X-Status' messages, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Pidgin versions prior to 2.7.2
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.7.2 or later.