CVE-2007-4999: Input Validation
First published: Mon Oct 29 2007(Updated: )
libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.1.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.2.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.2.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- http://osvdb.org/38695
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
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- vendor/pidgin
- canonical/pidgin pidgin
- version/pidgin pidgin/2.1.0
- version/pidgin pidgin/2.2.0
- version/pidgin pidgin/2.2.1