PT-2014-1292 · Pidgin+4 · Pidgin+4

Published 2014-01-30 · Updated 2014-04-09 · CVE-2013-6489

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.8

Description The issue is related to an integer signedness error in the MXit functionality, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by sending a crafted message that triggers an integer overflow and a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10.8, update to version 2.10.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the MXit functionality until a patch is available. Restrict access to the MXit component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1462

BDU:2015-00077

CESA-2014_0139

CVE-2013-6489

DSA-2859-1

MGASA-2014-0034

RHSA-2014:0139

RHSA-2014_0139

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Pidgin

Red Hat

Suse

References · 73

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0020 · Security Note
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=83 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6489 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6481 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6484 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1462 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6487 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00080 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00081 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00077 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00085 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6489 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0034 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6486 · Security Note