The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=43 http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=44 http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=45 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/a2c4d3d5-4c7b-11df-83fb-0015587e2cc1.html

The following packages are affected: pidgin libpurple CVE-2010-0277 slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.6.6, including 2.6.4, and Adium 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed MSNSLP INVITE request in an SLP message, a different issue than CVE-2010-0013. CVE-2010-0420 libpurple in Finch in Pidgin before 2.6.6, when an XMPP multi-user chat (MUC) room is used, does not properly parse nicknames containing <br> sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted nickname. CVE-2010-0423 gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) by sending many smileys in a (1) IM or (2) chat.