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CVE-2010-3711 Detail

Description

libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41893 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41899 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42075 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42294 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/68773 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3711
NVD Published Date:
10/27/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.