Pidgin Yahoo Protocol 'YMSG' NULL Pointer Dereference DoS Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 79 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin-mini version 2.7.11-alt0.M50P.1 | 31 Mar 201100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin version 2.7.11-alt0.M50P.1 | 30 Mar 201100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package pidgin version 2.7.11-alt1 | 14 Mar 201100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin version 2.7.11-alt1 | 14 Mar 201100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin-mini version 2.7.11-alt1 | 12 Mar 201100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2011:1371) | 17 Oct 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 14 : pidgin-2.7.11-1.fc14 (2011-3113) | 15 Mar 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 13 : pidgin-2.7.11-1.fc13 (2011-3132) | 21 Mar 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 15 : pidgin-2.7.11-1.fc15 (2011-3150) | 21 Mar 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2011:050) | 22 Mar 201100:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/43695 |
| pidgin | www.pidgin.im/news/security/ |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/46837 |
| developer | www.developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801764");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-03-22 08:43:18 +0100 (Tue, 22 Mar 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1091");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Pidgin Yahoo Protocol 'YMSG' NULL Pointer Dereference DoS Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/43695");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46837");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=51");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_pidgin_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Pidgin/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Pidgin is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to crash the affected
application, denying service to legitimate users.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Pidgin version 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a NULL pointer dereference error when
processing certain YMSG packets, which can be exploited to crash the process by sending specially
crafted YMSG packets.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.7.11 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
if(!vers = get_kb_item("Pidgin/Win/Ver"))
exit(0);
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"2.6.0", test_version2:"2.7.10")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.7.11");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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28 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 24
EPSS0.03011