CVE-2010-3711
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2010-3711 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (pidgin) | RHSA-2010:0788 | 2010-10-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (pidgin) | RHSA-2010:0890 | 2010-11-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (pidgin) | RHSA-2010:0788 | 2010-10-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (pidgin) | RHSA-2010:0788 | 2010-10-21 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | pidgin | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Atallah as the original reporter.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation