Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2014-0020
Published: February 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42062
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2014-0020
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pidgin
Pidgin
Software vendor:
pidgin.im
pidgin.im
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d9be297d399
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5845d9fa7084
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/6b0e0566af20
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/7d0fb0c6d8d4
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/9f132a6855cd
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a167504359e5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=85
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html