CVE-2013-6484

CVE-2013-6484 concerns the STUN protocol implementation in libpurple (Pidgin) prior to 2.10.8. The advisory states that remote STUN servers can trigger a socket read error, leading to an out-of-bounds write and an application crash (DoS). The vulnerability affects Pidgin’s STUN handling in the li...

CVE-2013-6484

The STUN protocol implementation in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote STUN servers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write operation and application crash by triggering a socket read error...

CVE-2013-6485

Buffer overflow in util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid chunk-size field in chunked transfer-coding data...

CVE-2012-6152

CVE-2012-6152 affects Pidgin’s Yahoo! protocol plugin (libpurple) before 2.10.8. The vulnerability arises from improper validation of UTF-8 data, enabling a remote attacker to crash the application (DoS) via crafted byte sequences. Affected: Pidgin/libpurple up to version 2.10.7.x; remediator: up...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: pidgin-2.10.9-1.fc20

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140205)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Pidgin processed certain HTTP responses. A malicious server could send a specially crafted HTTP response, causing Pidgin to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Pidgin. CVE-2013-6485 Multiple...

CentOS 5 / 6 : pidgin (CESA-2014:0139)

Updated pidgin packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings...

Fedora 20 : pidgin-2.10.9-1.fc20 (2014-2013)

Update to 2.10.9 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

CVE-2014-0020: Improper Input Validation

The IRC protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not validate argument counts, which allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted message...

CVE-2013-6489: Undefined Security Weakness

Integer signedness error in the MXit functionality in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service segmentation fault via a crafted emoticon value, which triggers an integer overflow and a buffer overflow...

CVE-2013-6478: Improper Input Validation

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...

CVE-2013-6486: Improper Input Validation

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-2013-6481: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

libpurple/protocols/yahoo/libymsg.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a Yahoo! P2P message with a crafted length field, which triggers a buffer over-read...

CVE-2013-6483: Improper Input Validation

The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly determine whether the from address in an iq reply is consistent with the to address in an iq request, which allows remote attackers to spoof iq traffic or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and...

CVE-2013-6482: Improper Input Validation

Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote MSN servers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and crash via a crafted 1 SOAP response, 2 OIM XML response, or 3 Content-Length header...

CVE-2012-6152: Improper Input Validation

The Yahoo! protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly validate UTF-8 data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via crafted byte sequences...

CVE-2013-6477: Undefined Security Weakness

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...

RHEL 5 / 6 : pidgin (RHSA-2014:0139)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:0139 advisory. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. A...

Oracle Linux 6 : pidgin (ELSA-2014-0139)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0139 advisory. - Fix regression in CVE-2013-6483. - Fix patch for CVE-2012-6152 RH bug 1058242. - Add patch for CVE-2014-0020 RH bug 1058242. - Add patch for...

CVE-2013-6485: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Buffer overflow in util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid chunk-size field in chunked transfer-coding data...