REDHAT-BUG-589973: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Fri May 07 2010(Updated: )
Pierre Noguès found a NULL pointer dereference in the Pidgin MSN SLP protocol implementation, by processing custom emoticon messages. A remote, authenticated user could use this deficiency to cause a denial of service (Pidgin crash). Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Pierre Noguès of Meta Security as the original reporter.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin |
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Reference Links
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1624
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=46
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.7.0-1.fc13
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.7.0-1.fc12
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.7.0-1.fc11
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973
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