CVE-2012-2214 | BDVDB-2026-50798 Detail

Description#

proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17886
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12012-07-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.