Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-4999 (CCN-38132)

Assigned:2007-10-24
Published:2007-10-24
Updated:2018-10-15
Summary:libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-4999

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
38695

Source: CCN
Type: SA27372
Pidgin HTML Processing Denial of Service

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
27372

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27495

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
27858

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 38695
Pidgin libpurple HTML Logging Malformed Data Remote DoS

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=24

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20071112 FLEA-2007-0067-1 pidgin

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
26205

Source: CCN
Type: BID-26205
Pidgin HTML Processing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: USN-548-1
Pidgin vulnerability

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-548-1

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2007-3624

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
pidgin-htmldata-dos(38132)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
pidgin-htmldata-dos(38132)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18357

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2007-2714

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17522
    P
    		USN-548-1 -- pidgin vulnerability
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18357
    V
    		libpurple in Pidgin 2.1.0 through 2.2.1, when using HTML logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a message that contains invalid HTML data, a different vector than CVE-2007-4996
    2013-09-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20074999
    V
    		CVE-2007-4999
    2012-11-01
    BACK
    pidgin pidgin 2.1.0
    pidgin pidgin 2.2.0
    pidgin pidgin 2.2.1