CVE-2008-2957
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-07-01 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
Summary
The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32859
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33102
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
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-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
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