CVE-2012-2318 – pidgin: Improper validation of incoming plaintext messages in MSN protocol plug-in

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2012-2318

msg.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle crafted characters, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by placing these characters in a text/plain message. msg.c en el plugin del protocolo MSN en libpurple en Pidgin antes de v2.10.4 no trata correctamente los caracteres hechos a mano, lo que permite a servidores remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de la aplicación) mediante la colocación de estos caracteres en un mensaje de texto plano (text/plain). • http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/4d6bcb4f4ea4 http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=63 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1102.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50005 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53400 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15136503 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17448 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2318 https://b • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation •