CVE-2013-6483

NameCVE-2013-6483
DescriptionThe XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly determine whether the from address in an iq reply is consistent with the to address in an iq request, which allows remote attackers to spoof iq traffic or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted reply.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2859-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pidgin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.11.0-0+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.12.0-1+deb9u1fixed
buster2.13.0-2fixed
bullseye2.14.1-1fixed
bookworm2.14.12-1fixed
sid, trixie2.14.13-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pidginsourcewheezy2.10.9-1~deb7u1DSA-2859-1
pidginsource(unstable)2.10.8-1

Notes

[squeeze] - pidgin <no-dsa> (Not suitable for code injection)

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