SB2012070303 - Resource management error in pidgin.im Pidgin
Published: July 3, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012070303
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2214)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.