CVE-2008-2955

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-06-28
Bugzilla:
453736: CVE-2008-2955 pidgin: remote DoS via MSN message with crafted file name

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2955 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (pidgin) RHSA-2008:1023 2008-12-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (pidgin) RHSA-2008:1023 2008-12-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (pidgin) RHSA-2008:1023 2008-12-15

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