cve-2008-2927-00

Summary MSN malformed SLP message overflow
Date 2008-07-01
CVE Number CVE-2008-2927
Discovered By Anonymous (via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative)
Fixed In Release 2.4.3

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in libpurple allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message.

Mitigation

The affected function has been patched to fix the vulnerability.

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