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Cent OS: CVE-2013-0272: CESA-2013:0646 (pidgin)

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Cent OS: CVE-2013-0272: CESA-2013:0646 (pidgin)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in http.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP header.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-finch
  • centos-upgrade-finch-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libpurple
  • centos-upgrade-libpurple-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libpurple-perl
  • centos-upgrade-libpurple-tcl
  • centos-upgrade-pidgin
  • centos-upgrade-pidgin-devel
  • centos-upgrade-pidgin-perl

References

  • 57951
  • CVE-2013-0272
  • SUSE-SU-2013:0388
  • USN-1746-1

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