CVE-2013-0273
published 2013-02-16CVE-2013-0273: sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause…
PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
2.60%
83.6th percentile
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected
56 ranges· showing 25
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| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.10.6-3 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.10.6-3 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2013-02-25·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-0271 [MEDIUM] Pidgin vulnerabilities
Title: Pidgin vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Pidgin.
Chris Wysopal discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled file transfers in
the MXit protocol handler. A remote attacker could use this issue to create
or overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-0271)
It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long HTTP headers in the
MXit protocol handler. A malicious remote server could use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0272)
It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long user IDs in the
Sametime protocol handler. A malicious remote server could use this issue
to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-0273)
It was discovered that Pidgin
Red Hat
pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
vendor_redhat·2013-02-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-0273 [MEDIUM] pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Affected
Debian
CVE-2013-0273: pidgin - sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 ...
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-0273 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-0273: pidgin - sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 ...
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.10.6-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.10.6-3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.10.6-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.10.6-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.10.6-3)
GHSA
GHSA-xw8p-f2w6-jfrc: sametime
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-05
CVE-2013-0273 [MEDIUM] GHSA-xw8p-f2w6-jfrc: sametime
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
OSV
CVE-2013-0273: sametime
osv·2013-02-16·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-0273 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-0273: sametime
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-0271 CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273 CVE-2013-0274 pidgin various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2013-02-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-0271 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-0271 CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273 CVE-2013-0274 pidgin various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2013-0271 CVE-2013-0272 CVE-2013-0273 CVE-2013-0274 pidgin various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When creating a Bodhi update request, please use the bodhi submission link
noted in the next comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this
tracking bug as well as the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-0273 pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
bugzilla·2013-02-11·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-0273 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-0273 pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
CVE-2013-0273 pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames
A security flaw was found in the way Lotus Sametime support implementation of Meanwhile protocol plug-in of libPurple normalized overly long Sametime user names. A rogue server could send a specially-crafted Sametime user name that, when processed by Pidgin would lead to pidgin executable crash.
Upstream ticket:
[1] http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67
Discussion:
Created attachment 696217
Local copy of (by Pidgin upstream) proposed patch to fix the CVE-2013-0273 issue
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This issue affects the versions of the pidgin package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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This issue affects the versions of the pidgin package, as shipped with Fedora release of 16, 17, and 18.
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http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c31cf8de31cdhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.htmlhttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c31cf8de31cdhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.htmlhttp://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340
2013-02-16
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