CVE-2013-0273 Affecting libpurple-tcl package, versions <0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-LIBPURPLETCL-1459276
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Feb 2013

Introduced: 13 Feb 2013

CVE-2013-0273  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 libpurple-tcl to version 0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0646.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpurple-tcl package and not the libpurple-tcl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs, which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS Scores

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