CVE-2008-2957 (GCVE-0-2008-2957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-01 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-10… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2008-07-01 00:00
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  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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