CVE-2008-2957 Information

Description

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

Reference

http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 http://secunia.com/advisories/33102 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A17599 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9076