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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6435 Date: 2009-09-24
Title: Pidgin before 2.6.2 allow denial of service via TOPIC message
Description: libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c in the IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a TOPIC message that lacks a topic string.
Version: 1 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2009-2703
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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