Description
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.
Published: 2008-07-01
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2947 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-675-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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Pidgin Pidgin
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:34.603Z

Reserved: 2008-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2957

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-01T22:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2957

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2957 - Bugzilla

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