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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-2927

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-2927

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

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)

  • suse-upgrade-finch
  • suse-upgrade-finch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-gaim
  • suse-upgrade-gaim-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-meanwhile
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-mono
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-devel
  • suse-upgrade-suse-release

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