CVE-2010-0420 (GCVE-0-2010-0420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.osvdb.org/62439 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://secunia.com/advisories/39509 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2010-02-18 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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