CVE-2010-0013 — Directory traversal vulnerability in slp

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-20

01What is this vulnerability?

Directory traversal vulnerability in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin 2.6.4 and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an application/x-msnmsgrp2p MSN emoticon (aka custom smiley) request, a related issue to CVE-2004-0122. NOTE: it could be argued that this is resultant from a vulnerability in which an emoticon download request is…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2010-01-09T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-07T00:37:52.483Z

09References

• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/02/1
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/37953
• d.pidgin.im — http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05fae7ae546…
• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552483
• sunsolve.sun.com — http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-277450-1
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/37954
• www.mandriva.com — http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:085
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/1
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• sunsolve.sun.com — http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1022203.1-1
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3663
• developer.pidgin.im — http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/3d02401cf232459fc80c0837d31e05f…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033771.ht…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/033848.ht…
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1020
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• events.ccc.de — http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
• d.pidgin.im — http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/4be2df4f72bd8a55cdae7f2554b73342a497c92…
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3662
• d.pidgin.im — http://d.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/c64a1adc8bda2b4aeaae1f273541afbc4f71b81…
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/07/2
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/37961
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/38915