Resource Management Errors Affecting pidgin-docs package, versions <0:2.7.9-27.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PIDGINDOCS-1478405
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Jan 2014

Introduced: 28 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-6479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 pidgin-docs to version 0:2.7.9-27.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0139.

NVD Description

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

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.

CVSS Scores

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