Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6487

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Input validation error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6487

Published: February 6, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42058
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-2013-6487
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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.

Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.


Affected software

Pidgin
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
libgadu3 (Ubuntu package)
libpurple0 (Ubuntu package)
pidgin (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-6487

Install update from vendor's website.

libgadu3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:1.11.1-1ubuntu0.1, 1:1.11.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1, 1:1.11.2-1ubuntu1.1
libpurple0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.4, 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2.3, 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.1
pidgin (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.4, 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2.3, 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.1

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