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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6338		Date: 2009-09-24
Title:	Pidgin before 2.6.2 allow denial of service via handwritten (aka Ink) message
Description:	The msn_slp_process_msg function in libpurple/protocols/msn/slpcall.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple 2.6.0 and 2.6.1, as used in Pidgin before 2.6.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a handwritten (aka Ink) message, related to an uninitialized variable and the incorrect "UTF16-LE" charset name.
Version:	1	Class:	vulnerability
Status:	ACCEPTED	Reference(s):	CVE-2009-3084
Family:	windows
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista	Product(s):	Pidgin Messanger
Definition Synopsis:
Microsoft Windows 2000 is installed OR Microsoft Windows XP (x86) SP2 is installed OR Microsoft Windows XP (x86) SP3 is installed OR Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) is installed OR Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit) Service Pack 1 is installed OR Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (x86) is installed OR Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x86) is installed AND Pidgin version is less than 2.6.2

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