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 ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-2957
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 472585 472586 472587 472588 833957
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-07-02 09:39 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 15:28:16 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:1023 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: pidgin security and bug fix update 2008-12-15 13:14:14 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2008-07-02 09:39:47 UTC 
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 19:53:13 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
  http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=27

Fixed upstream in: 2.5.0
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