CVE-2013-0271

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-02-13
Bugzilla:
910039: CVE-2013-0271 pidgin: MXit protocol insufficient sanitization of saved image file names

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2013-0271 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of pidgin, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pidgin Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pidgin Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Pidgin project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Chris Wysopal of Veracode as the original issue reporter.

External References

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