CVE - CVE-2012-2214

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2214	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/5f9d676cefdb CONFIRM:http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=62 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:082 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:082~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17886 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17886
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120409	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120409)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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