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CVE-2012-2318

msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote serve

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Summary

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.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 8

securityfocus.com

hg.pidgin.im

pidgin.im

mandriva.com

oval.cisecurity.org

secunia.com

hermes.opensuse.org

rhn.redhat.com