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Sid
3-14263

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Pidgin.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin before 2.4.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.

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Affected Systems:
Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.0
Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.1
Pidgin Pidgin 2.0.2
Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.0
Pidgin Pidgin 2.1.1
Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.0
Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.1
Pidgin Pidgin 2.2.2
Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.0
Pidgin Pidgin 2.3.1
Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.0
Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.1
Pidgin Pidgin 2.4.2

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:


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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-2927:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-2927

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