CVE-2010-0277

Description

slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.6, including 2.6.4, and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed MSNSLP INVITE request in an SLP message, a different issue than CVE-2010-0013.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.80% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294 vdb entry
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9421 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41868 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554335
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18348 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2693 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=43
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0277_malformed_msn
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2 mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0277?
CVE-2010-0277 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0277?
To fix CVE-2010-0277, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0277 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0277 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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