7.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.209 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.3%
Pidgin is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800423");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-01-16 12:13:24 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jan 2010)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0277");
script_name("Pidgin MSN Protocol Plugin DoS Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (memory corruption)
or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin version prior to 2.6.4 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This issue is due to an error in 'slp.c' within the 'MSN protocol plugin'
in 'libpurple' when processing MSN request.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.6 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
pidginVer = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
if(pidginVer != NULL)
{
if(version_is_less_equal(version:pidginVer, test_version:"2.6.4")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:pidginVer, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 2.6.4");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
}