CVE-2008-2957

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 None

Description

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-2957

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

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

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:31:26

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:2.0.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
4.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
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://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2957
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2957

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:24:17				Added to TrackCVE