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Cent OS: CVE-2013-6477: CESA-2014:0139 (pidgin)

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Cent OS: CVE-2013-6477: CESA-2014:0139 (pidgin)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/06/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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.

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-docs
  • centos-upgrade-pidgin-perl

References

  • DSA-2859
  • CVE-2013-6477
  • RHSA-2014:0139
  • USN-2100-1

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