CVE-2011-1091: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Tue Mar 08 2011(Updated: )
libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.9 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.5 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.4 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.6 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.10 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.3 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.5 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.6 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.8 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.7 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.4 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=51
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46837
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683031
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43695
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/5cbe18129b6e7c660bc093f7e5e1414ceca17d04/with/a7c415abba1f5f01f79295337518837f73d99bb7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055874.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43721
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.466884
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0643
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0669
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0661
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0616.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0703
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056309.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1371.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46376
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13195955
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66055
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18402
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1091
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=51
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=684120
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0616.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1371.html
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