A vulnerability has been identified in Pidgin, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the nudge functionality within the MSN protocol when processing a message sent by a remote user who is not present in the buddy list, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application, leading to a denial of service condition.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Evan Schoenberg.
ChangeLog
2007-10-01 : Initial release
2007-10-03 : Updated Affected Products
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