Description
Jacob Appelbaum and an anonymous person discovered that Pidgin incorrectly
handled certificate validation. A remote attacker could exploit this to
perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter
encrypted communications.
Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled
certain malformed MXit emoticons. A malicious remote server or a man in the
middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial
of service.
Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled
certain malformed Groupwise messages. A malicious remote server or a man in
the middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
Thijs Alkemade and Paul Aurich discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled
memory when processing XMPP messages. A malicious remote server or user
could use this issue to cause Pidgin to disclosure arbitrary memory,
resulting in an information leak.