CVE-2010-0420
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.
Products: pidgin
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | pidgin | 2.6.6-1 |
| Debian 13 | pidgin | 2.6.6-1 |
| Debian 14 | pidgin | 2.6.6-1 |
| Debian 5.0 | pidgin | 2.4.3-4lenny6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | finch | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | finch-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.6.6-1.el4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | finch | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | finch-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel productivity 5 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.6.6-1.el5 |