CVE-2013-6479
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 2%
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.
Products: pidgin
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | pidgin | 2.10.8-1 |
| Debian 13 | pidgin | 2.10.8-1 |
| Debian 14 | pidgin | 2.10.8-1 |
| Debian 7 | pidgin | 2.10.9-1~deb7u1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | finch-devel | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.6.6-32.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | finch | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | finch-devel | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple-devel | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple-perl | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libpurple-tcl | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-debuginfo | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-devel | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-docs | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pidgin-perl | 0:2.7.9-27.el6 |