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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2927: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2927: Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

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 and Adium before 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-im-pidgin

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