# CVE-2010-0013: Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2010-01-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is processed even without a preceding text/x-mms-emoticon message that announced availability of the emoticon.

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37953
- http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37954
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17620
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae5467/with/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810/libpurple/protocols/msn/slp.c
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10333
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
- http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92f
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662
- http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b810
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11203

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