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Pidgin MSN SLP Message Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30971
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Release Date:
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2008-07-09
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Last Update:
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2008-08-29
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Popularity:
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2,038 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Pidgin 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2927
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Pidgin, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to integer overflow errors in the "msn_slplink_process_msg" function in libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c and libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c, and can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted SLP message.
Successful exploitation requires that the attacker is allowed to send messages to a victim (by default only users in the buddy list)
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.4.3.
Solution:
Update to version 2.4.3.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous person, reported via ZDI.
Disclosed in a Red Hat bug report.
Changelog:
2008-08-29: Updated "Provided and/or discovered by" section. Added link to ZDI and Pidgin advisories.
Original Advisory:
ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-054/
Pidgin:
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=25
Red Hat:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453764
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