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Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)

🗓️ 29 Oct 2009 14:13:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Pidgin IRC plugin libpurple before 2.6.2 can crash due to NULL pointer dereference on TOPIC with no string.

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Tenable Nessus		CentOS 3 : pidgin (CESA-2009:1535)
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Tenable Nessus		Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2009:230)
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Tenable Nessus		Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2009:321)
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Tenable Nessus		Oracle Linux 4 : pidgin (ELSA-2009-1453)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux3i386pidgin0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ia64pidgin0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ppcpidgin0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390pidgin0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390xpidgin0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3x86_64pidgin0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-0:1.5.1-6.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3i386pidgin-debuginfo0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-debuginfo-0:1.5.1-6.el3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ia64pidgin-debuginfo0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-debuginfo-0:1.5.1-6.el3.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3ppcpidgin-debuginfo0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-debuginfo-0:1.5.1-6.el3.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux3s390pidgin-debuginfo0:1.5.1-6.el3pidgin-debuginfo-0:1.5.1-6.el3.s390.rpm
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CVSS 25
EPSS0.0192
CWE-476
PidginIRC topic handlingNull pointer dereferenceTopic string missingDenial of serviceLibpurpleProtocol plugin
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