CVE-2012-6152
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted byte sequences.
Find out more about CVE-2012-6152 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 6 (pidgin) | RHSA-2014:0139 | 2014-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (pidgin) | RHSA-2014:0139 | 2014-02-05 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pidgin | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Thijs Alkemade and Robert Vehse as the original reporters of this issue.External References
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