Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17620
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10333
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-0045
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://secunia.com/advisories/37961
http://secunia.com/advisories/37954
http://secunia.com/advisories/37953
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f
http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467