Resource Management Errors Affecting libpurple-tcl package, versions <0:2.7.9-5.el6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-LIBPURPLETCL-1444523
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jan 2012

Introduced: 17 Jan 2012

CVE-2012-1178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 libpurple-tcl to version 0:2.7.9-5.el6.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1102.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpurple-tcl package and not the libpurple-tcl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

CVSS Scores

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