CVE-2010-0420

Pidgin (finch) libpurple vulnerability CVE-2010-0420 affects Finch’s XMPP MUC implementation. A crafted MUC nickname containing HTML sequences can be parsed incorrectly, allowing a remote attacker to crash the application (DoS). Affected software includes libpurple in Finch/Pidgin prior to v2.6....

CVE-2010-0423

Technical details (affected versions, root cause, impact specifics, and remediation) are not provided in the supplied documents. Monitor for updates.

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-2010-0423

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...

Debian DSA-1870-1 : pidgin - insufficient input validation

Federico Muttis discovered that libpurple, the shared library that adds support for various instant messaging networks to the pidgin IM client, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927 and CVE-2009-1376. An attacker can exploi...

CVE-2010-0420: Improper Input Validation

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: Undefined Security Weakness

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...

Debian DSA-1932-1 : pidgin - programming error

It was discovered that incorrect pointer handling in the purple library, an internal component of the multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin, could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code through malformed contact requests. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

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...

USN-902-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities

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...

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...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package pidgin version 2.6.6-alt1

Feb. 22, 2010 Alexey Shabalin 2.6.6-alt1 - 2.6.6: + Fixes a remote MSN SLP crash CVE-2010-0277 Closes: 566775 + Fixes a remote Finch XMPP crash CVE-2010-0420 + Fixes a remote smiley freeze/CPU pegging DoS CVE-2010-0423 - drop %addfindprovlibpath for %libdir/pidgin %libdir/purple-2 %libdir/finch...

CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (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 program which can log in to multiple accounts on...

[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc12

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc13

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just...

[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: pidgin-2.6.6-1.fc11

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just...

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...