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CVE-2013-0274

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2013-03-10 libpurple -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2013-0274
Phase Assigned(20121206)

Description

upnp.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long strings in UPnP responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging access to the local network.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ad7e7fb98db3
CONFIRM http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=68
SUSE SUSE-SU-2013:0388
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0405
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0407
UBUNTU USN-1746-1
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18221