CVE-2013-6487

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-6487  

Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg) parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2013-6487 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (pidgin) RHSA-2014:0139 2014-02-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (pidgin) RHSA-2014:0139 2014-02-05

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pidgin Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney of Sourcefire VRT as the original reporters of this issue.

External References