CVE-2013-0273 Denial of service in n/a
Remote servers can crash Pidgin via crafted packets due to improper termination of long user IDs in the Sametime plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-0273?
CVE-2013-0273 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pidgin Pidgin, published on 16 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0273?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pidgin Pidgin.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0273?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-0273 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0273 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pidgin Pidgin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0273, GHSA-xw8p-f2w6-jfrc.