Fluid Attacks Database

Description

libymsg.c in the Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.0 through 2.7.10 allows (1) remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG notification packet, and allows (2) remote Yahoo! servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed YMSG SMS message.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.7.11-1	2.7.11-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.7.11-1	2.7.11-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.7.11-1	2.7.11-1
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.7.11-1	2.7.11-1
rpm rhel6	pidgin	<0:2.7.9-3.el6	0:2.7.9-3.el6
rpm rhel5	pidgin	<0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.1	0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2011-10912. NVD-2011-10913. OSV-DEBIAN-2011-10914. OSV-2011-10915. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2011-1091

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