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Title : Pidgin "msn_slplink_process_msg" Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2032
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2927
CWE ID : CWE-189
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-09

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Pidgin, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by integer overflow errors in the "msn_slplink_process_msg" functions in the MSN protocol handler in "libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c" and "libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c" when processing malformed SLP messages, which could be exploited by malicious users in the buddy list to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.

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Vulnerability reported by Redhat.

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2008-07-09 : Initial release

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