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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2010-0420

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2010-0420

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/24/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-finch
  • suse-upgrade-finch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-meanwhile
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-mono
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-tcl
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-devel

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