CVE-2011-3184 Information

Description

The msn_httpconn_parse_data function in httpconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.0 does not properly handle HTTP 100 responses which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect memory access and application crash) via vectors involving a crafted server message.

Reference

http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/5c2dba4a7e2e76b76e7f472b88953a4316706d43/with/16af0661899a978b4fedc1c165965b85009013d1/libpurple/protocols/msn/httpconn.c http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/16af0661899a978b4fedc1c165965b85009013d1 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/064943.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065190.html http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=54 http://secunia.com/advisories/45663 http://secunia.com/advisories/45916 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025961 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/12 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49268 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732405 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69341 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A18284