CVE-2013-0271

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 might allow remote attackers to create or overwrite files via a crafted (1) mxit or (2) mxit/imagestrips pathname.

The MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 might allow remote attackers to create or overwrite files via a crafted (1) mxit or (2) mxit/imagestrips pathname.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2013-02-16 21:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:35:00

Affected Software

Pidgin 2.0.0

2.0.0

Pidgin 2.0.1

2.0.1

Pidgin 2.0.2

2.0.2

Pidgin 2.1.0

2.1.0

Pidgin 2.1.1

2.1.1

Pidgin 2.2.0

2.2.0

Pidgin 2.2.1

2.2.1

Pidgin 2.2.2

2.2.2

Pidgin 2.3.0

2.3.0

Pidgin 2.3.1

2.3.1

Pidgin 2.4.0

2.4.0

Pidgin 2.4.1

2.4.1

Pidgin 2.4.2

2.4.2

Pidgin 2.4.3

2.4.3

Pidgin 2.5.0

2.5.0

Pidgin 2.5.1

2.5.1

Pidgin 2.5.2

2.5.2

Pidgin 2.5.3

2.5.3

Pidgin 2.5.4

2.5.4

Pidgin 2.5.5

2.5.5

Pidgin 2.5.6

2.5.6

Pidgin 2.5.6

2.5.7

Pidgin 2.5.8

2.5.8

Pidgin 2.5.9

2.5.9

Pidgin 2.6.0

2.6.0

Pidgin 2.6.1

2.6.1

Pidgin 2.6.2

2.6.2

Pidgin 2.6.4

2.6.4

Pidgin 2.6.5

2.6.5

Pidgin 2.6.6

2.6.6

Pidgin 2.7.0

2.7.0

Pidgin 2.7.1

2.7.1

Pidgin 2.7.2

2.7.2

Pidgin 2.7.3

2.7.3

Pidgin 2.7.4

2.7.4

Pidgin 2.7.5

2.7.5

Pidgin 2.7.6

2.7.6

Pidgin 2.7.7

2.7.7

Pidgin 2.7.8

2.7.8

Pidgin 2.7.9

2.7.9

Pidgin 2.7.10

2.7.10

Pidgin 2.7.11

2.7.11

Pidgin 2.8.0

2.8.0

Pidgin 2.9.0

2.9.0

Pidgin 2.10.0

2.10.0

Pidgin 2.10.1

2.10.1

Pidgin 2.10.2

2.10.2

Pidgin 2.10.3

2.10.3

Pidgin 2.10.4

2.10.4

Pidgin 2.10.5

2.10.5

Pidgin

References

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a8aef1d340f2

SUSE-SU-2013:0388

openSUSE-SU-2013:0405

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=65

Vendor Advisory

USN-1746-1

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18386

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