CVE-2008-2955
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.059 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.4%
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.
Affected configurations
References
secunia.com/advisories/30881
secunia.com/advisories/32859
secunia.com/advisories/33102
securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.059 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.4%