Sun Alert 272489 Security Vulnerability in the OSCAR Protocol Plugin for pidgin(1) may Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition
Product: Solaris 10, OpenSolarisA security vulnerability in the the OSCAR protocol pluginlibrary, the shared library that adds support for various instantmessaging networks to the pidgin(1) Instant Messaging client(previously known as Gaim), may allow remote unprivileged users tocause a Denial of Service (DoS) through an application crash viacrafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM.This issue is also referenced in the following document:CVE-2009-3615 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3615State: ResolvedFirst released: 10-Nov-2009Sun Alert Link: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272489-1

Product: Solaris 10, OpenSolaris

A  security vulnerability in the the OSCAR protocol pluginlibrary, the shared library that adds support for various instantmessaging networks to the pidgin(1) Instant Messaging client(previously known as Gaim), may allow remote unprivileged users tocause a Denial of Service (DoS) through an application crash viacrafted contact-list data for (1) ICQ and possibly (2) AIM.

This issue is also referenced in the following document:

CVE-2009-3615 at: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3615

State: Resolved
First released: 10-Nov-2009

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