Asymmetric denial of service In pidgin
Description
The clientautoresp function in family_icbm.c in the oscar protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an X-Status message that lacks the expected end tag for a (1) desc or (2) title element.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
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