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Pidgin Libpurple 'purple_base64_decode()' Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (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 has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The issues are caused by errors in 'libpurple' that does not validate the return value from 'purple_base64_decode()' function when processing malformed Yahoo!, MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP or NTLM data.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Pidgin version prior to 2.7.4 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.7.4 or later.