CVE-2010-3711
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Summary:
Details: libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
References: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48, http://secunia.com/advisories/41893, http://secunia.com/advisories/41899, http://secunia.com/advisories/42075, http://secunia.com/advisories/42294, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870, http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc, http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352, http://www.osvdb.org/68773, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506
