Upstream information

CVE-2010-4528 at MITRE

Description

directconn.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.7.6 through 2.7.8 in Pidgin before 2.7.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a short p2pv2 packet in a DirectConnect (aka direct connection) session.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 661497 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2011:001, published Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:00:00 +0000
    • openSUSE-SU-2011:0021-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:44:34 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:16:51 2025