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Pidgin MSN SLP Message Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is running Pidgin, which is prone to integer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to errors in the msn_slplink_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c and libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c files, which fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Pidgin Version prior to 2.4.3 on Windows (All).
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin Version 2.4.3.