KLA10433 Multiple vulnerabilities in Pidgin

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Pidgin. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, execute arbitrary programs and other unknown impact. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities 1. Improper traffic restrictions can be exploited remotely via...

CVE-2013-6486

gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for...

CVE-2013-6486

gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for...

CVE-2013-6486

CVE-2013-6486 concerns Pidgin on Windows (PIDGIN, before version 2.10.8). The issue occurs in gtkutils.c where a message containing a file: URL is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command, allowing a user‑assisted remote attacker to execute arbitrary programs. This vulner...

pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes various security issues and other bugs. For...

Pidgin for Windows URL Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report VRT-2013-1003 Pidgin for Windows URL Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability January 26, 2014 CVE Number CVE-2013-6486 Description An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in Pidgin’s implementation of HTTP URL handling. An attacker can supply a...