Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package pidgin (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-PIDGIN-605353
- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed6 Feb 2014
Introduced: 6 Feb 2014
CVE-2013-6486 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin package and not the pidgin package as distributed by Debian.
gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3185.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6486
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65189
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/b2571530fa8b
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=81
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html