CVE-2013-6479
published 2014-02-06CVE-2013-6479: 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…
PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
2.23%
80.8th percentile
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.
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) |
| pidgin | pidgin | <= 2.10.7 | — |
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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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GHSA
GHSA-5j7m-x5mf-jqrj: util
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2013-6479 [MEDIUM] GHSA-5j7m-x5mf-jqrj: util
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.
OSV
CVE-2013-6479: util
osv·2014-02-06·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6479 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6479: util
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.
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 parsing certain HTTP response headers
vendor_redhat·2014-01-28·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6479 [MEDIUM] pidgin: DoS when parsing certain HTTP response headers
pidgin: DoS when parsing certain HTTP response headers
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.
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2013-6479: pidgin - util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory fo...
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6479 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6479: pidgin - util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory fo...
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.
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)
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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tracking bug as well as the relevant top-level CVE bug
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-6479 pidgin: DoS when parsing certain HTTP response headers
bugzilla·2014-01-23·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2013-6479 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-6479 pidgin: DoS when parsing certain HTTP response headers
CVE-2013-6479 pidgin: DoS when parsing certain HTTP response headers
A flaw was found in the way pidgin certain HTTP response headers. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could send a malformed HTTP response that could lead to a crash.
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor Project as the original reporter of this issue.
Discussion:
External References:
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=73
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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.fc
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/cd529e1158d3http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=73http://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/cd529e1158d3http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.htmlhttp://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=73http://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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