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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6434 Date: 2009-09-24
Title: Pidgin before 2.6.2 allow denial of service via XHTML-IM content
Description: The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 does not properly handle an error IQ stanza during an attempted fetch of a custom smiley, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via XHTML-IM content with cid: images.
Version: 1 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2009-3085
Family: windows
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Product(s): Pidgin Messanger
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