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CVE-2010-0420

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Date: February 24, 2010

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (30)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38658

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/39509

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38915

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38712

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0420

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-0420

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1

Url: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38563

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38640

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/62439

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html

Url: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0420

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-0420

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2010-0420

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Date: February 24, 2010

Language: C

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Related Resources (30)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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