# CVE-2010-0277: slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.6, including 2.6.4, and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a de

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-01-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.6, including 2.6.4, and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed MSNSLP INVITE request in an SLP message, a different issue than CVE-2010-0013.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38563
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38640
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41868
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554335
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38712
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18348
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2693
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=43
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0277_malformed_msn
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915

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