Description
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2010-3693 | libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1014-1 | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T03:18:52.962Z
Reserved: 2010-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-3711
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Status : Modified
Published: 2010-10-28T00:00:03.673
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2010-3711
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN