Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-2318 First vendor Publication 2012-07-03
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-12-29

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

msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2318

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17448
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17448
Title: msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message
Description: msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-2318
 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 62

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-10287
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_10287_pidgin_fc17.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8669
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8669_pidgin_fc15.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8687
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8687_pidgin_fc17.nasl
2012-08-03 Name : Mandriva Update for pidgin MDVSA-2012:082 (pidgin)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_082.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2012:1102 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1102_finch_centos5.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2012:1102 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1102_finch_centos6.nasl
2012-07-23 Name : RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2012:1102-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1102-01_pidgin.nasl
2012-07-16 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-10294
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_10294_pidgin_fc16.nasl
2012-07-10 Name : Ubuntu Update for pidgin USN-1500-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1500_1.nasl
2012-07-04 Name : Pidgin MSN and XMPP Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_pidgin_msn_n_xmpp_dos_vuln_win.nasl
2012-06-11 Name : Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8686
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8686_pidgin_fc16.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_pidgin_20121009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-384.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1102.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_finch-120515.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_finch-120516.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-082.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120719_pidgin_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-20 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-1102.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1102.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1500-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-25 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_finch-8131.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8669.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8686.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8687.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-31 Name : An instant messaging client installed on the remote Windows host is potential...
File : pidgin_2_10_4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400
CONFIRM http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/50005
SUSE https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503

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