CVE-2010-0420
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
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.097 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.9%
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.
Affected configurations
References
developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
secunia.com/advisories/38563
secunia.com/advisories/38640
secunia.com/advisories/38658
secunia.com/advisories/38712
secunia.com/advisories/38915
secunia.com/advisories/39509
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
www.osvdb.org/62439
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
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
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.097 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.9%