CVE-2009-2703
published 2009-09-08CVE-2009-2703: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL…
PriorityP416medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
1.92%
77.7th percentile
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Affected
31 ranges· showing 25
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| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.6.2 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.6.2 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0LOW
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2010-01-18·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2008-2955 [MEDIUM] Pidgin vulnerabilities
Title: Pidgin vulnerabilities
Summary: Pidgin vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly handle certain topic
messages in the IRC protocol handler. If a user were tricked into
connecting to a malicious IRC server, an attacker could cause Pidgin to
crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04
LTS, Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-2703)
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly enforce the "require
TLS/SSL" setting when connecting to certain older Jabber servers. If a
remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw
could be exploited to view sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Ubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-3026)
It was discovered that Pidgin did not properly
Red Hat
Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)
vendor_redhat·2009-09-03·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-2703 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)
Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topic(s) (DoS)
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Debian
CVE-2009-2703: pidgin - libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin...
vendor_debian·2009·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-2703 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-2703: pidgin - libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin...
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.6.2)
GHSA
GHSA-v47c-w69f-367c: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02
CVE-2009-2703 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-v47c-w69f-367c: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
OSV
CVE-2009-2703: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs
osv·2009-09-08·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2009-2703 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-2703: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs
libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3http://secunia.com/advisories/36601http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11379https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6435http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db53be69bdeac3http://secunia.com/advisories/36601http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11379https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6435
2009-09-08
Published