Buffer overflow in Pidgin - CVE-2014-3696
Published: October 29, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41184
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3696
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: pidgin.im
Affected software:
Pidgin
Pidgin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
nmevent.c in the Novell GroupWise protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted server message that triggers a large memory allocation.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3696
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/44fd89158777
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=88
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61968
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854