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CVE-2010-4528

directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authentica

directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.02691

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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

3

pidgin libpurpleall versions
pidgin<= 2.7.8
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 NVD07 Jan 2011 · 12:00 PM

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References & Sources

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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/diff/e76f4ad4ef2f10588195a0eedc7a08f82062f79c/with/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031/libpurple/protocols/msn/directconn.cPatch

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/aaa07bde3c51d3684391ae6ed86b6dbaeab5d031Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052862.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052905.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html

http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2010-December/009251.htmlPatch

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http://secunia.com/advisories/42732Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/42824Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/42877

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:259

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/27/1Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/5Patch

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=49PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45581

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0028Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0054

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665421

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18461

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