CVE-2010-0420
Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2010-0420
Summary:
Details: libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.
References: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44, http://secunia.com/advisories/38563, http://secunia.com/advisories/38640, http://secunia.com/advisories/38658, http://secunia.com/advisories/38712, http://secunia.com/advisories/38915, http://secunia.com/advisories/39509, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html, http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html, http://www.osvdb.org/62439, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
