CVE-2008-2957
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-07-01 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-07-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8c4cb442c766cfc1c09890d597efc0de15519df51a9c20a504d5d019889dd594
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:025http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025
- www.securityfocus.com29985http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9076https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9076
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm
- secunia.com33102http://secunia.com/advisories/33102
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:17599https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17599
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080627 CVE Request (pidgin)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/27/3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-675-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1
- secunia.com32859http://secunia.com/advisories/32859
- crisp.cs.du.eduhttp://crisp.cs.du.edu/?q=ca2007-1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:1023http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pidgin Fixed in 2.4.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pidgin Fixed in 2.4.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pidgin Fixed in 2.4.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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