Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23508Denial Of Service (DoS)
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
pidgin is vulnerable to denial of service. A denial-of-service flaw was found in Pidgin’s Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) request handling. A malicious UPnP server could send a request to Pidgin, causing it to download an excessive amount of data, consuming all available memory or disk space.
References
crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
secunia.com/advisories/32859
secunia.com/advisories/33102
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1023
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474212
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
Related
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P