CVE-2013-6477
published 2014-02-06CVE-2013-6477: Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted…
PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
3.91%
89.2th percentile
Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted timestamp value in an XMPP message.
Affected
58 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
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| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.10.8-1 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.10.8-1 (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·2014-02-06·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2012-6152 [MEDIUM] Pidgin vulnerabilities
Title: Pidgin vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Pidgin.
Thijs Alkemade and Robert Vehse discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled
the Yahoo! protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-6152)
Jaime Breva Ribes discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the XMPP
protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6477)
It was discovered that Pidgin incorrecly handled long URLs. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-6478)
Jacob Appelbaum discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain HTTP
responses. A malicious remote server or a machine-in-the-
Red Hat
pidgin: DoS when handling timestamps in the XMPP plugin
vendor_redhat·2014-01-28·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6477 [MEDIUM] CWE-190 pidgin: DoS when handling timestamps in the XMPP plugin
pidgin: DoS when handling timestamps in the XMPP plugin
Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted timestamp value in an XMPP message.
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2013-6477: pidgin - Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow re...
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6477 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6477: pidgin - Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow re...
Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted timestamp value in an XMPP message.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.10.8-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.10.8-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.10.8-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.10.8-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.10.8-1)
GHSA
GHSA-p5wr-9p3g-gxc3: Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2013-6477 [MEDIUM] GHSA-p5wr-9p3g-gxc3: Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2
Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted timestamp value in an XMPP message.
OSV
CVE-2013-6477: Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2
osv·2014-02-06·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6477 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6477: Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2
Multiple integer signedness errors in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted timestamp value in an XMPP message.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2014-0020 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6490 pidgin: various fl
bugzilla·2014-01-29·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6483 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2014-0020 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6490 pidgin: various fl
CVE-2013-6483 CVE-2013-6482 CVE-2013-6481 CVE-2013-6487 CVE-2013-6485 CVE-2013-6484 CVE-2013-6489 CVE-2014-0020 CVE-2013-6477 CVE-2012-6152 CVE-2013-6478 CVE-2013-6479 CVE-2013-6490 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
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6477 pidgin: DoS when handling timestamps in the XMPP plugin
bugzilla·2014-01-22·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6477 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6477 pidgin: DoS when handling timestamps in the XMPP plugin
CVE-2013-6477 pidgin: DoS when handling timestamps in the XMPP plugin
A Denial-of-service flaw was found in the way the XMPP protocol plugin of pidgin handled messages with invalid timestamps. A remote XMPP user can trigger a crash on some systems by sending a
message with a timestamp in the distant future.
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jaime Breva Ribes as the original reporter of this issue.
Discussion:
External References:
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=71
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Created pidgin tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1059049]
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This issue has been addressed in following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Via RHSA-2014:0139 https://rhn.redhat.com
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/852014ae74a0http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=71http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.htmlhttp://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/852014ae74a0http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=71http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
2014-02-06
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