CVE-2012-2318

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-05-06
Bugzilla:
819446: CVE-2012-2318 pidgin: Improper validation of incoming plaintext messages in MSN protocol plug-in

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2318 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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 5 (pidgin) RHSA-2012:1102 2012-07-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (pidgin) RHSA-2012:1102 2012-07-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (pidgin) RHSA-2012:1102 2012-07-19

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