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A vulnerability has been found in Pidgin up to 2.5.2 (Messaging Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file proxy.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was disclosed 07/03/2012 by Fabian Yamaguchi (Website). The advisory is shared at pidgin.im. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2214 since 04/09/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80738 (Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : pidgin (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_pidgin)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120906 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 10.5/10.5a Missing).
Upgrading to version 2.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75421) and Tenable (80738). The entries 68767, 61579 and 61178 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 80738
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : pidgin (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_pidgin)
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OpenVAS ID: 71378
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: libpurple
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Pidgin 2.5.3
Timeline
04/09/2012 🔍05/06/2012 🔍
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05/13/2012 🔍
07/03/2012 🔍
07/03/2012 🔍
01/19/2015 🔍
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12/05/2021 🔍
Sources
Advisory: pidgin.imResearcher: Fabian Yamaguchi
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2214 (🔍)
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X-Force: 75421
Vulnerability Center: 35049 - Pidgin Before 2.10.4 \x27SOCKS5\x27 Proxy Code Error Allows Remote DoS via Multiple File Transfer Requests, Medium
SecurityFocus: 53400 - Pidgin MSN Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 12/05/2021 18:33
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/11/2017 17:48 (11), 12/05/2021 18:33 (3)
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