Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-2703 First vendor Publication 2009-09-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-19

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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2703

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11379
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11379
Title: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Description: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-2703
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435
Title: Pidgin before 2.6.2 allow denial of service via TOPIC message
Description: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-2703
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Product(s): Pidgin
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 39

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2009:1453 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1453_finch_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2009:1453 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1453_finch_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for pidgin CESA-2009:1535 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1535_pidgin_centos3_i386.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-8523
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_8523_pidgin_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-0429
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_0429_pidgin_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2010-1279
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1279_pidgin_fc11.nasl
2010-01-20 Name : Ubuntu Update for pidgin vulnerabilities USN-886-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_886_1.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:321 (pidgin)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_321.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1535
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1535.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1535 (pidgin)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1535.nasl
2009-10-27 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-10702 (pidgin)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_10702.nasl
2009-10-27 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-10662 (pidgin)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_10662.nasl
2009-09-28 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1453 (pidgin)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1453.nasl
2009-09-28 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1453
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1453.nasl
2009-09-15 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:230 (pidgin)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_230.nasl
2009-09-15 Name : Pidgin Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_pidgin_mult_dos_vuln_lin.nasl
2009-09-15 Name : Pidgin Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_pidgin_mult_dos_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
57789 Pidgin Crafted IRC TOPIC Message NULL Dereference Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1453.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090921_pidgin_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20091029_pidgin_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-886-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1453.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-07 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-321.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-30 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-30 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1453.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-14 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-230.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277
CONFIRM http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/ad2c6ee53ec9122b25aeb1f918db...
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=40
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/36601

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