CVE-2010-4528

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4528
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-07 12:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-19 01:31:00 UTC
Descriptiondirectconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Libpurple 2.7.8 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 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.7 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 2.5.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.8 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.5.9 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.6.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.0 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.1 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.2 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.3 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.4 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.5 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.6 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin 2.7.7 All All All
Application Pidgin Pidgin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pidgin 2.7.9 released MLIST pidgin.im Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: pidgin-2.7.9-1.fc14 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Pidgin MSN Direct Connection Denial of Service Weakness - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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