Buffer overflow in Pidgin - CVE-2013-0272
Published: February 16, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32722
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0272
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Buffer overflow in http.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP header.
Affected software
Pidgin
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
pidgin (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
pidgin (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0272
Install update from vendor's website.
Pidgin - update to 2.10.7
pidgin (Alpine package) - update to 2.10.7-r0
pidgin (Alpine package) - update to 2.10.7-r0
External References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/879db2a9a59c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17474