CVE-2013-0273

Publication date 16 February 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pidgin	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.3
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 1:2.10.0-0ubuntu2.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:2.6.6-1ubuntu4.6
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
pidgin	Upstream: http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c31cf8de31cd

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1746-1
Pidgin vulnerabilities
25 February 2013

Other references

http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=67
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0273