Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-2955 First vendor Publication 2008-07-01
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

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

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2955

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10131
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10131
Title: 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.
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2955
 Version: 5
Platform(s): 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:18050
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18050
Title: 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
Description: 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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2955
 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
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
2009-06-05 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200905-07 (pidgin)
File : nvt/glsa_200905_07.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for pidgin vulnerabilities USN-675-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_675_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2008:1023-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_1023-01_pidgin.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2008:1023 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_1023_finch_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for finch CESA-2008:1023 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_1023_finch_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-01-26 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200901-13 (pidgin)
File : nvt/glsa_200901_13.nasl
2009-01-26 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:025 (pidgin)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_025.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46576 Pidgin MSN File Transfer msn_slplink_process_msg Function Crafted Filename Re...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-1023.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20081215_pidgin_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_finch-5573.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
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
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_finch-080903.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-05-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200905-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-025.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-675-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200901-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-1023.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-1023.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-14 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_finch-5592.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://secunia.com/advisories/30881
http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
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