Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800423
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Pidgin MSN Protocol Plugin DoS Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:	Pidgin is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Pidgin is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: This issue is due to an error in 'slp.c' within the 'MSN protocol plugin' in 'libpurple' when processing MSN request. Vulnerability Impact: Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. Affected Software/OS: Pidgin version prior to 2.6.4 on Windows. Solution: Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.6 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0277 BugTraq ID: 38294 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18348 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9421 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2010:0115 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38563 http://secunia.com/advisories/38640 http://secunia.com/advisories/38658 http://secunia.com/advisories/38712 http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 http://secunia.com/advisories/41868 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:006 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2693
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