CVE-2010-1624
published 2010-05-14CVE-2010-1624: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of…
PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
5.59%
92.0th percentile
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.
Affected
10 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.7.0-1 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.7.0-1 (bookworm) |
| pidgin | pidgin | < 2.7.0 | 2.7.0 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.7.0-1 | 2.7.0-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.7.0-1 | 2.7.0-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.7.0-1 | 2.7.0-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.7.0-1 | 2.7.0-1 |
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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GHSA
GHSA-254x-7xj8-2w85: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-254x-7xj8-2w85: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.
OSV
CVE-2010-1624: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp
osv·2010-05-14·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-1624: The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2010-11-04·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] Pidgin vulnerabilities
Title: Pidgin vulnerabilities
Pierre Noguès discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled malformed SLP
messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a
specially crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS.
(CVE-2010-1624)
Daniel Atallah discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the return code
of the Base64 decoding function. A remote attacker could send a specially
crafted message and cause Pidgin to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-3711)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Pidgin to make all the
necessary changes.
Red Hat
Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
vendor_redhat·2010-05-12·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.
Statement: The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security
impact, a future pidgin package update may address this flaw in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Affected
Debian
CVE-2010-1624: pidgin - The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple i...
vendor_debian·2010·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-1624: pidgin - The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple i...
The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.7.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.7.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.7.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.7.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.7.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference) [Fedora all]
bugzilla·2010-05-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference) [Fedora all]
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference) [Fedora all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora versions.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed against "Security Response" product referenced in "Blocks" field.
bug #589973:
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
When creating a Bodhi update request, please include the bug IDs of the respective parent bugs filed against the "Security Response" product. Please mention CVE ids in the RPM changelog when available.
Bodhi update submission link:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/new/?type_=security&bugs=589973
Please note: this issue affects
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
bugzilla·2010-05-07·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2010-1624 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
CVE-2010-1624 Pidgin: MSN SLP emoticon DoS (NULL pointer dereference)
Pierre Noguès found a NULL pointer dereference in the Pidgin
MSN SLP protocol implementation, by processing custom emoticon
messages. A remote, authenticated user could use this deficiency
to cause a denial of service (Pidgin crash).
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Pierre Noguès of Meta Security as the original reporter.
Discussion:
This issue affects the versions of the pidgin package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
This issue affects the versions of the pidgin package, as shipped
with Fedora release of 11 and 12.
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This is CVE-2010-1624.
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Upstream advisory:
[1] http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=46
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http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.chttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8bhttp://secunia.com/advisories/39801http://secunia.com/advisories/41899http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18547http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/884d44222e8c81ecec51c25e07d005e002a5479b/with/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8b/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.chttp://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/894460d22c434e73d60b71ec031611988e687c8bhttp://secunia.com/advisories/39801http://secunia.com/advisories/41899http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:097http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=46http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40138http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1141http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=589973https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58559https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18547
2010-05-14
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