Alpine Linux: CVE-2013-0273: pidgin upgrade to 2.10.7
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
02/16/2013
07/25/2018
09/20/2017
09/22/2017
Description
sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-pidgin
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