CVE-2011-3184

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The msn_httpconn_parse_data function in httpconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly handle HTTP 100 responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect memory access and application crash) via vectors involving a crafted server message.

The msn_httpconn_parse_data function in httpconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly handle HTTP 100 responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect memory access and application crash) via vectors involving a crafted server message.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 13 years ago

2011-08-29 17:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:33:00

Affected Software

Pidgin 2.0.0

2.0.0

Pidgin 2.0.1

2.0.1

Pidgin 2.0.2

2.0.2

Pidgin 2.1.0

2.1.0

Pidgin 2.1.1

2.1.1

Pidgin 2.2.0

2.2.0

Pidgin 2.2.1

2.2.1

Pidgin 2.2.2

2.2.2

Pidgin 2.3.0

2.3.0

Pidgin 2.3.1

2.3.1

Pidgin 2.4.0

2.4.0

Pidgin 2.4.1

2.4.1

Pidgin 2.4.2

2.4.2

Pidgin 2.4.3

2.4.3

Pidgin 2.5.0

2.5.0

Pidgin 2.5.1

2.5.1

Pidgin 2.5.2

2.5.2

Pidgin 2.5.3

2.5.3

Pidgin 2.5.4

2.5.4

Pidgin 2.5.5

2.5.5

Pidgin 2.5.6

2.5.6

Pidgin 2.5.6

2.5.7

Pidgin 2.5.8

2.5.8

Pidgin 2.5.9

2.5.9

Pidgin 2.6.0

2.6.0

Pidgin 2.6.1

2.6.1

Pidgin 2.6.2

2.6.2

Pidgin 2.6.4

2.6.4

Pidgin 2.6.5

2.6.5

Pidgin 2.6.6

2.6.6

Pidgin 2.7.0

2.7.0

Pidgin 2.7.1

2.7.1

Pidgin 2.7.2

2.7.2

Pidgin 2.7.3

2.7.3

Pidgin 2.7.4

2.7.4

Pidgin 2.7.5

2.7.5

Pidgin 2.7.6

2.7.6

Pidgin 2.7.7

2.7.7

Pidgin 2.7.8

2.7.8

Pidgin 2.7.9

2.7.9

Pidgin 2.7.10

2.7.10

Pidgin 2.7.11

2.7.11

Pidgin 2.8.0

2.8.0

Pidgin

References

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/5c2dba4a7e2e76b76e7f472b88953a4316706d43/with/16af0661899a978b4fedc1c165965b85009013d1/libpurple/protocols/msn/httpconn.c

Patch

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/16af0661899a978b4fedc1c165965b85009013d1

Patch

FEDORA-2011-11544

FEDORA-2011-11595

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=54

Patch, Vendor Advisory

45663

Vendor Advisory

45916

1025961

[oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

[oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

[oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

[oss-security] 20110822 Re: CVE request: Pidgin crash

49268

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732405

pidgin-msn-protocol-dos(69341)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18284

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