fkie_cve-2009-2703
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-09-08 18:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36601Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11379
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6435
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36601Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6435
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pidgin libpurple *
pidgin pidgin *
pidgin pidgin 2.0.0
pidgin pidgin 2.0.1
pidgin pidgin 2.0.2
pidgin pidgin 2.0.2
pidgin pidgin 2.1.0
pidgin pidgin 2.1.1
pidgin pidgin 2.2.0
pidgin pidgin 2.2.1
pidgin pidgin 2.2.2
pidgin pidgin 2.3.0
pidgin pidgin 2.3.1
pidgin pidgin 2.4.0
pidgin pidgin 2.4.0
pidgin pidgin 2.4.1
pidgin pidgin 2.4.1
pidgin pidgin 2.4.2
pidgin pidgin 2.4.2
pidgin pidgin 2.4.3
pidgin pidgin 2.4.3
pidgin pidgin 2.5.0
pidgin pidgin 2.5.0
pidgin pidgin 2.5.1
pidgin pidgin 2.5.2
pidgin pidgin 2.5.2
pidgin pidgin 2.5.3
pidgin pidgin 2.5.3
pidgin pidgin 2.5.4
pidgin pidgin 2.5.4
pidgin pidgin 2.5.5
pidgin pidgin 2.5.5
pidgin pidgin 2.5.6
pidgin pidgin 2.5.7
pidgin pidgin 2.5.8
pidgin pidgin 2.5.9
pidgin pidgin 2.6.0


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