CVE-2009-2694

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2694
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-21 11:02:41 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe msn_slplink_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c in libpurple, as used in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) before 2.5.9 and Adium 1.3.5 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by sending multiple crafted SLP (aka MSNSLP) messages to trigger an overwrite of an arbitrary memory location. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1376.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adium Adium 1.2.7 All All All
Application Adium Adium 1.3 All All All
Application Adium Adium 1.3.1 All All All
Application Adium Adium 1.3.2 All All All
Application Adium Adium 1.3.3 All All All
Application Adium Adium 1.3.4 All All All
Application Adium Adium All All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 514957 – CVE-2009-2694 pidgin: insufficient input validation in msn_slplink_process_msg() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat update for pidgin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ChangeLog – Pidgin – Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.pidgin.im
Pidgin "msn_slplink_process_msg()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for pidgin - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.pidgin.im Patch
Core Security Technologies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com Exploit
Security Advisory SA36708 - Sun Solaris Pidgin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1870-1 pidgin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Debian update for pidgin - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Pidgin MSN <= 2.5.8 Remote Code Execution Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Adium "msn_slplink_process_msg()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Pidgin Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pidgin.im Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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