CVE-2009-3084 Information

Description

The msn_slp_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 as used in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a handwritten (aka Ink) message related to an uninitialized variable and the incorrect \UTF16-LE\ charset name.

Reference

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/92ce3e48744b40fb0fea89e3de5e44bedb100c07/with/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95/libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/567e16cbc46168f52482e5ec27626c48e7a5ba95 http://secunia.com/advisories/36601 http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/index.php?id=38 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36277 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A6338