CVE-2013-6478
published 2014-02-06CVE-2013-6478: gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote…
PriorityP417medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNINAP
EPSS
3.84%
89.0th percentile
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
Affected
58 ranges· showing 25
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| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.10.8-1 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.10.8-1 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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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 rendering long URLs
vendor_redhat·2014-01-28·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-6478 [MEDIUM] CWE-770 pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs
pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2013-6478: pidgin - gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying l...
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-6478 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6478: pidgin - gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying l...
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
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-m565-4whf-pw8r: gtkimhtml
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2013-6478 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-m565-4whf-pw8r: gtkimhtml
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
OSV
CVE-2013-6478: gtkimhtml
osv·2014-02-06·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-6478 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6478: gtkimhtml
gtkimhtml.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly interact with underlying library support for wide Pango layouts, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long URL that is examined with a tooltip.
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
noted in the next comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this
tracking bug as well as the relevant top-level CVE bug
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6478 pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs
bugzilla·2014-01-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2013-6478 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6478 pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs
CVE-2013-6478 pidgin: DoS when rendering long URLs
It was found that pidgin crashed when a mouse pointer was hovered over a long URL. libX11 forcefully exits when Pidgin tries to create an exceptionally wide tooltip window.
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue.
Discussion:
Created attachment 855919
Local copy of patch
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External References:
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72
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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/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
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pidgin-2.10.9-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If pro
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2bb66ef1475ehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.htmlhttp://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/2bb66ef1475ehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=72http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012980.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2013-March/012981.htmlhttp://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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