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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.803308
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Pidgin Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Feb 2013) - Windows
Summary:Pidgin is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Pidgin is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple flaws are due to:

- MXit protocol in libpurple saves an image to local disk using a filename.

- Buffer overflow in http.c via HTTP header.

- Does not properly terminate long user IDs, in sametime.c in libpurple.

- upnp.c in libpurple fails to null-terminate strings in UPnP responses.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code,
overwrite arbitrary local files or cause a denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.7

Solution:
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.10.7 or later.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0271
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18386
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0388 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0405 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0272
BugTraq ID: 57951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17474
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0407 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0273
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18340
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0274
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18221
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