CVE-2008-2955
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-07-01 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
Summary
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30881Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32859
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33102
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30881Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
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