CVE-2012-2214
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5
Description
proxy.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.4 does not properly handle canceled SOCKS5 connection attempts, which allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a sequence of XMPP file-transfer requests.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2214
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.10.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.10.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.10.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.10.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.10.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | {"endIncluding":"2.10.3"} | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.0.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.1.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.1.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.2.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.3.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.3.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.4.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.7 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.8 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.5.9 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.6.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.2 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.3 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.4 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.5 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.6 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.7 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.8 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.9 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.10 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.7.11 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.8.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.9.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.0 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.1 | |
| pidgin | pidgin | 2.10.2 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.