Pidgin up to 2.5.2 XMPP Protocol Plugin input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Pidgin up to 2.5.2 (Messaging Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component XMPP Protocol Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not properly handle missing fields in (1) voice-chat and (2) video-chat stanzas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message.

The weakness was published 12/16/2011 by Thijs Alkemade (Website). The advisory is shared at hermes.opensuse.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-4602 since 11/29/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57307 (CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2011:1820)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120535 (Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities in Pidgin).

Upgrading to version 2.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71836), Tenable (57307), SecurityFocus (BID 51070†), Secunia (SA47219†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34099†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4402, VDB-55936, VDB-56831 and VDB-61515. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 57307
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : pidgin (CESA-2011:1820)
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OpenVAS ID: 881056
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for finch CESA-2011:1820 centos4 i386
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pidgin 2.5.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1820
Researcher: Thijs Alkemade
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-4602 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4602
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59765

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X-Force: 71836
SecurityFocus: 51070 - Pidgin Jingle Extension XMPP Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 47219 - Red Hat update for pidgin, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 34099 - Pidgin before 2.10.1 XMPP Plugin in Libpurple Allows Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Crafted Message, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/28/2021 11:08 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (64), 04/09/2017 01:03 PM (13), 11/28/2021 11:02 AM (3), 11/28/2021 11:08 AM (1)
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