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Pidgin XMPP And SILC Protocols Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (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

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Pidgin and is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiplw flaws are due to - An error in the silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple, which fails to validate that a piece of text was UTF-8 when receiving various incoming messages. - An error in the XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple, which fails to ensure that the incoming message contained all required fields when receiving various stanzas related to voice and video chat. - An error in the family_feedbag.c in the oscar protocol plugin, which fails to validate that a piece of text was UTF-8 when receiving various incoming messages.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.1

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.10.1 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)