CVE-2008-2955

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-2955

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-07-01T22:41:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-11T20:45:35

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30881	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2955

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:28:28				Added to TrackCVE