Summary
This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial Of Service vulnerability
Impact
Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.6 or later.
For updates refer to http://www.pidgin.im/download/
Insight
This issue is due to an error in 'slp.c' within the 'MSN protocol plugin' in 'libpurple' when processing MSN request.
Affected
Pidgin version prior to 2.6.4 on Linux.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0277 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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