CVE-2007-4999 (GCVE-0-2007-4999)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-10-29 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 15:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://osvdb.org/38695
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/27372 Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
secalert@redhat.com http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24 Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
secalert@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/38695
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/27372 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
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