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CVE-2010-3711

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.01385

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

2

pidgin<= 2.7.3

pidginall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD28 Oct 2010 · 12:00 AM

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Vendor Advisories

4

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10432-1
usnUSN-1014-1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0788Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2010:0890Moderate

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References & Sources

26

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfccPatch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/41893Vendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/41899Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/42075

http://secunia.com/advisories/42294

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208

http://www.osvdb.org/68773

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506

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