CVE-2010-3711 (GCVE-0-2010-3711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-10-27 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:18
VLAI
Summary
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-07… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackw… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/42294 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/42075 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/68773 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-08… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/41893 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/41899 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2010-10-20 00:00
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