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CVE-2010-0420 Detail

Description

libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035332.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035347.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035409.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38563 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38640 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38658 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38712 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/39509 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2038 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:041 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/62439 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38294 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0413 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0914 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565786 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56399 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11485 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18230 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0115.html 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-2010-0420
NVD Published Date:
02/24/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.