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CVE-2013-6479

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Date: February 6, 2014

util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory for HTTP responses that are inconsistent with the Content-Length header, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted response.

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Related Resources (12)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=73
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-6479
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/cd529e1158d3
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6479
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6479
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6479
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-6479

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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