CVE-2008-2955
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-2955.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-2955
- Related
- Published
- 2008-07-01T22:41:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-06-30T12:01:22Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msnslplinkprocess_msg function.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2955
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pidgin
Package
- Name
- pidgin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source
Debian:12 / pidgin
Package
- Name
- pidgin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source
Debian:13 / pidgin
Package
- Name
- pidgin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pidgin?arch=source