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CVE-2008-2955

Date: July 1, 2008

Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the msn_slplink_process_msg function.

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2955
http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-2955
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2955

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

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