Resource Management Errors Affecting pidgin package, versions <0:2.7.9-5.el6.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-PIDGIN-2060898
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 17 Jan 2012
Introduced: 17 Jan 2012
CVE-2012-1178 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:6 pidgin to version 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin package and not the pidgin package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The msn_oim_report_to_user function in oim.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an OIM message that lacks UTF-8 encoding.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52475
- http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14884
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/60f8379d0a610538cf42e0dd9ab1436c8b9308cd/with/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd/libpurple/protocols/msn/oim.c
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3053d6a37cc6d8774aba7607b992a4408216adcd
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=61
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1178
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:029
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18019
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
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