Skype - URI Handler Input Validation

Description The Windows Skype client implements two URI handlers, Skype: and Skype-Plugin. Both handlers allow for easy browser integration and are supported by all modern browsers. When a Skype link is clicked, the Skype.exe process is spawned with the /URI: command argument, followed by the use...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0420

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 sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted nickname...

CVE-2010-0423

gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption and application hang by sending many smileys in a 1 IM or 2 chat...

CVE-2010-0420

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 sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted nickname...

Code injection

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 sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted nickname...

CVE-2010-0423

gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption and application hang by sending many smileys in a 1 IM or 2 chat...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : pidgin vulnerabilities (USN-902-1)

Fabian Yamaguchi discovered that Pidgin incorrectly validated all fields of an incoming message in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-0277 Sadrul Habib Chowdhury discovered that...

CentOS Update for finch CESA-2010:0115 centos4 i386

Check for the Version of finch OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for finch CESA-2010:0115 centos4 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

finch, libpurple, pidgin security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0115 Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Pidgin is an instant messaging...

CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2010:0113 centos3 i386

Check for the Version of seamonkey OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2010:0113 centos3 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ...

x7 chat 1.3.6b Change the file data Install

Exploit for unknown platform in category web applications ============================================= "x7 chat 1.3.6b" Change the file data Install ============================================= » Script: x7 chat 1.3.6b » Language: PHP » Founder: Snakespc Email:email protected -...

CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2010:0113 centos4 i386

Check for the Version of seamonkey OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2010:0113 centos4 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ...

[ MDVSA-2010:041 ] pidgin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:041 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ Package : pidgin Date : February 18, 2010 Affected: 2008.0, 2009.1, 2010.0, Enterprise Server 5.0 Problem Description: Multiple security vulnerabilities has been...

RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2010:0115-01

Check for the Version of pidgin OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2010:0115-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2010:041)

Multiple security vulnerabilities has been identified and fixed in pidgin : Certain malformed SLP messages can trigger a crash because the MSN protocol plugin fails to check that all pieces of the message are set correctly CVE-2010-0277. In a user in a multi-user chat room has a nickname containi...

pidgin: Finch XMPP MUC Crash

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 sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted nickname...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security update

Updated pidgin packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on...

RHEL 3 / 4 : seamonkey (RHSA-2010:0113)

Updated SeaMonkey packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat...

pidgin -- multiple remote denial of service vulnerabilities

Three denial of service vulnerabilities where found in pidgin and allow remote attackers to crash the application. The developers summarized these problems as follows: Pidgin can become unresponsive when displaying large numbers of smileys Certain nicknames in group chat rooms can trigger a crash...

Chat Bots Are Trying to Fake You Out

Web robots, commonly referred to as “bots,” are software programs written to do automated tasks, like crawling the Web looking for new sites. They also appear in chat rooms and instant messaging services masquerading as real people. Read the full article. cnet...