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Pidgin X-Status NULL Pointer Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47802

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Synopsis

An instant messaging client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Pidgin installed on the remote host is earlier than 2.7.2. Such versions have a denial of service vulnerability when processing a malformed X-Status message due to a reference to a NULL pointer in the oscar protocol plugin.

Solution

Upgrade to Pidgin 2.7.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=47

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47802

File Name: pidgin_2_7_2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/22/2010

Updated: 7/24/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin

Required KB Items: SMB/Pidgin/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2528

BID: 41881

Secunia: 40699