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Pidgin Yahoo Protocol 'YMSG' NULL Pointer Dereference 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
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host has installed with Pidgin and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing certain YMSG packets, which can be exploited to crash the process by sending specially crafted YMSG packets.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Pidgin version prior 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 on Windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.7.11 or later.