Fluid Attacks Database

Description

The silc_channel_message function in ops.c in the SILC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.1 does not perform the expected UTF-8 validation on message data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3594.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
rpm rhel5	pidgin	<0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4	0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.1-1	2.10.1-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.1-1	2.10.1-1
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.1-1	2.10.1-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.10.1-1	2.10.1-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2011-46032. NVD-2011-46033. OSV-2011-46034. OSV-DEBIAN-2011-46035. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2011-4603

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