CVE-2010-0420
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 24, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 27, 2010
Description
libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- FEDORA-2010-1279vendor-advisory
- 38294vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
- RHSA-2010:0115vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-0413vdb-entry
- 38563third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2010:085vendor-advisory
- USN-902-1vendor-advisory
- 38640third-party-advisory
- ADV-2010-0914vdb-entry
- 38658third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18230vdb-entrysignature
- FEDORA-2010-1934vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-1020vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2010:006vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2010-1383vendor-advisory
- 62439vdb-entry
- DSA-2038vendor-advisory
- 38712third-party-advisory
- pidgin-xmpp-nickname-dos(56399)vdb-entry
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
- 39509third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11485vdb-entrysignature
- MDVSA-2010:041vendor-advisory
- 38915third-party-advisory
- http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
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