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Pidgin: Invalid pointer dereference (crash) after receiving contacts from SIM IM client

🗓️ 29 Oct 2009 14:34:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Pidgin crash from an invalid pointer dereference after receiving a crafted contact list from a SIM instant messaging client.

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BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, which allows a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, which allows a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		The vulnerability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, which allows a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 3 : pidgin (CESA-2009:1535)
30 Oct 200900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2009:1536)
2 Nov 200900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-1932-1 : pidgin - programming error
24 Feb 201000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 11 : pidgin-2.6.3-2.fc11 (2009-10662)
22 Oct 200900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 10 : pidgin-2.6.3-2.fc10 (2009-10702)
22 Oct 200900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2010:001)
12 Jan 201000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2010:085)
29 Apr 201000:00
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CVSS 25
EPSS0.02661
pidginoscar protocol plugininvalid pointer dereferencecrafted contact listsim instant messaging clientremote denial of service
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