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CVE-2010-0420

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Date: February 24, 2010

libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.

Language: C

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Related Resources (30)

http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0420
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-0420
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
http://www.osvdb.org/62439
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0420
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-0420

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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