Security Advisory

CVE-2010-0420

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2010-02-24 18:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 00:45:12
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname.