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Pidgin Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Insight

Insight

The multiple flaws are due to, - a boundary error in the XMPP SOCKS5 'bytestream' server when initiating an outbound XMPP file transfer. - a boundary error in the 'decrypt_out()' function while processing malicious QQ packet. - a boundary error exists in the implementation of the 'PurpleCircBuffer' structure and can be exploited via vectors involving XMPP or Sametime protocol. - a truncation error in function 'libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c' and 'libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c' when processing MSN SLP messages with a crafted offset value.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Pidgin version prior to 2.5.6 on Linux.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5.6 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)