CVE-2008-2957

Medium

Description

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.4
Exploit probability—
ProductPidgin
PublishedJul 1, 2008
First seenJul 1, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pidgin pidgin2.0.0—

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