PT-2013-2205
CVE-2013-0272
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Published
2013-02-16
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Updated
2017-09-19
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Pidgin versions prior to 2.10.7
Description
The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the http.c file within the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple. This allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP header.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.10.7, update to version 2.10.7 or later to resolve the issue.
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