CVE-2007-2479
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCerulean Studios Trillian Pro before 3.1.5.1 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via long CTCP PING messages that contain UTF-8 characters, which generates a malformed response that is not truncated by a newline, which can cause portions of a server message to be sent to the attacker.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIn Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro before 3.1.5.1, sending long CTCP PING messages containing UTF-8 characters causes a malformed response that lacks proper newline truncation, allowing attackers to receive sensitive portions of server messages in the response.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Trillian Pro is installedLook for Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro in your installed programs (Windows Control Panel > Programs and Features) or check common installation directories such as C:\Program Files\Trillian or C:\Program Files (x86)\TrillianAffected if Trillian Pro is present on the system
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Check the installed Trillian Pro versionOpen Trillian Pro, go to Help > About or right-click the Trillian icon and select About. Alternatively, right-click the Trillian.exe executable, select Properties, and check the File Version fieldAffected if The version is listed as 3.1.x or any version lower than 3.1.5.1 (for example, 3.1, 3.1.0.0, 3.1.4.0)
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Verify CTCP PING feature is enabledIn Trillian Pro, go to Tools > Settings > Plugins or IM > Preferences and look for CTCP or CTCP PING settings. This feature is typically enabled by default for IM communicationAffected if CTCP PING is enabled (this is the default state for Trillian)
You are affected if Trillian Pro version 3.1.x (specifically versions below 3.1.5.1) is installed and CTCP PING functionality is enabled, as the vulnerability allows disclosure of server message portions through malformed UTF-8 CTCP PING responses.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Trillian Pro to version 3.1.5.1 or later to remediate this information disclosure vulnerability.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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