Bug 453740 – CVE-2008-2957 pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via UPnP

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Bug 453740 - (CVE-2008-2957) CVE-2008-2957 pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via UPnP

Summary:	CVE-2008-2957 pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via ...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2008-2957

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
Whiteboard:	source=upstream,reported=20080618,pub...
Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	472585 472586 472587 472588 833957
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Reported:	2008-07-02 05:39 EDT by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2012-06-20 11:28 EDT (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2012-06-20 11:28:16 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2008:1023	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: pidgin security and bug fix update	2008-12-15 08:14:14 EST

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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-07-02 05:39:47 EDT

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-2957 to the following vulnerability:

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.

Proposed patch in CRISP Advisory 2007-01:
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/crisp-files/pidgin-2.0.0-upnp-limit-download.diff

References:
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-08-27 15:53:13 EDT

Upstream advisory:
  http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=27

Fixed upstream in: 2.5.0

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