Resource management error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6479

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Resource management error in Pidgin - CVE-2013-6479

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42066
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6479
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pidgin
Software vendor:
pidgin.im

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory for HTTP responses that are inconsistent with the Content-Length header, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted response.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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