CVE-2011-4601

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-12-25

Description

family_feedbag.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted (1) AIM or (2) ICQ message associated with buddy-list addition.

See more information about CVE-2011-4601 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (pidgin)	ELSA-2011-1820	2011-12-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (pidgin)	ELSA-2011-1821	2011-12-16

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