CVE-2010-0420

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2010-0420

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2010-02-24T18:30:00

Last Modified Date
2017-09-19T01:30:23

Weakness Enumerations

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

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin::::::::	1	OR	2.6.5
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.0.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.3.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.4:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.5:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.7:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.8:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.5.9:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.6.4:::::::*	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/38563	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640	Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658	Vendor Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44	Vendor Advisory
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
http://www.osvdb.org/62439
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0420
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0420

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:35:04				Added to TrackCVE