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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-4601

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-4601

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/24/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-finch
  • suse-upgrade-finch-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-finch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-branding-opensuse
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-branding-upstream
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-meanwhile
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-meanwhile-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-mono
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-tcl
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-tcl-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-branding-opensuse
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-devel
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-evolution
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-evolution-debuginfo

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