fkie_cve-2008-2955
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-07-01 22:41
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
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
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"value": "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."
},
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"value": "Pidgin 2.4.1, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda) a trav\u00e9s de un nombre de fichero largo que contiene ciertos caracteres, como se ha demostrado mediante un mensaje MSN que provocaba la ca\u00edda en la funci\u00f3n msn_slplink_process_msg."
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"id": "CVE-2008-2955",
"lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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"accessVector": "NETWORK",
"authentication": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"baseScore": 4.3,
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
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