CVE-2008-2957

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    CVE-2008-2957

    Published: 1 Jul 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32859, http://secunia.com/advisories/33102, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1, http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2008-2957 | CVE-DB