Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2012-2318
Published: July 3, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32793
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2318
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.
Affected software
Pidgin
pidgin (Alpine package)
pidgin (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2318
Install update from vendor's website.
Pidgin - update to 2.10.4
pidgin (Alpine package) - update to 2.10.4-r0
pidgin (Alpine package) - update to 2.10.4-r0
External References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448