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Medium
CVE-2010-4528
directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through...
Vulnerability Description
directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665421
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/27/1
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/e76f4ad4ef2f10588195a0eedc7a08f82062f79c/with/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031/libpurple/protocols/msn/directconn.c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/5
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=49
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:259
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18461
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45581
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0028
- http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2010-December/009251.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42732
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0054
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052862.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052905.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42824
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Affected Vendor
pidgin
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libpurple, pidgin
Vulnerable Versions:
2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.7.8, 0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.9, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 7th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.