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Message-ID: <13511.1215102746@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:32:26 -0400
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
Subject: Re: Re: CVE Request (pidgin)
On 3 July 2008, Nico Golde wrote:
> > Name: CVE-2008-2955
> >
> > Pidgin 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
> > (crash) via a long filename that contains certain characters, as
> > demonstrated using an MSN message that triggers the crash in the
> > msn_slplink_process_msg function.
>
> Did anyone try if this can be done by some random user=20
> without authorization and if the victim needs to accept the=20
> file first to trigger this?
>
My testing showed that random users can't send files, they need to be in
your buddy list. I'm not sure if the victim needs to accept the file or
not. Last I knew, upstream was still working on this one.
--
JB
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