CVE-2007-4999
libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pidgin / pidgin | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0.x |
| pidgin / pidgin | 2.2.0 | 2.2.0.x |
| pidgin / pidgin | 2.2.1 | 2.2.1.x |
- http://osvdb.org/38695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27372
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27858
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483580/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26205
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-548-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3624
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38132
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18357
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html
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