Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting finch-devel package, versions <0:2.10.11-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.45% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-FINCHDEVEL-2085385
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Oct 2014

Introduced: 22 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3696  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 finch-devel to version 0:2.10.11-5.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream finch-devel package and not the finch-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

nmevent.c in the Novell GroupWise protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted server message that triggers a large memory allocation.

CVSS Scores

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