Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-4996 First vendor Publication 2007-10-01
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-15

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4996

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18261
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18261
Title: libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."
Description: libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-4996
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 Product(s): Pidgin
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2007-2368
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2368_pidgin_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2007-2714
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2714_pidgin_fc7.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
38694 Pidgin libpurple MSN nudge Message Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2368.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23
FEDORA http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/27010
http://secunia.com/advisories/27088
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36884

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