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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2008-2957 json

The UPnP functionality in Pidgin 2.0.0, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to trigger the download of arbitrary files and…

published 2008-07-01 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2947

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pidgin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.3-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2957

  • pidgin RHEL 4 2.5.2-6.el4
  • pidgin RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.5.2-6.el5
  • finch RHEL 4 2.5.2-6.el4
  • finch RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.5.2-6.el5
  • libpurple RHEL 4 2.5.2-6.el4
  • libpurple RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.5.2-6.el5
  • pidgin-perl RHEL 4 2.5.2-6.el4
  • pidgin-perl RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.5.2-6.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:1023

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2957 updated cvss 1.8

pidgin: unrestricted download of arbitrary files triggered via UPnP

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 finch 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) finch 2.5.2-6.el5, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el5, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 finch 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) finch 2.5.2-6.el5, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el5, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 finch 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) finch 2.5.2-6.el5, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el5, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el5, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 finch 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple 2.5.2-6.el4, pidgin-perl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-tcl 2.5.2-6.el4, libpurple-perl 2.5.2-6.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:1023

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Exploit prediction

2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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