CVE-2009-3615 Information

Description

The OSCAR protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.3 and Adium before 1.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM as demonstrated by the SIM IM client.

Reference

http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/10481 http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/781682333aea0c801d280c3507ee25552a60bfc0 http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog http://secunia.com/advisories/37017 http://secunia.com/advisories/37072 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085 http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=41 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36719 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2949 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2951 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53807 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A18388 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9414