SUSE CVE-2011-2943

The ircmsgwho function in msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple 2.8.0 through 2.9.0 in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly validate characters in nicknames, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and application crash via a...

Pidgin Libpurple Protocol Plugins Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Windows)

This host is installed with Pidgin and is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbpidginlibpurpleprotocolpluginsdosvulnwin.nasl 7024 2017-08-30 11:51:43Z teissa $ Pidgin Libpurple Protocol Plugins Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Windows Authors: Rachana...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pidgin (MDVSA-2011:132-1)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been identified and fixed in pidgin : It was found that the gdk-pixbuf GIF image loader routine gdkpixbufgifimageload did not properly handle certain return values from its subroutines. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted GIF image, which, once opened ...

CVE-2011-2943

The ircmsgwho function in msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple 2.8.0 through 2.9.0 in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly validate characters in nicknames, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and application crash via a...

CVE-2011-2943

Pidgin (libpurple IRC protocol plugin) is affected by CVE-2011-2943. The irc_msg_who handler in msgs.c fails to validate characters in nicknames, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash). Affected versions are libpurple 2.8.0–2.9....