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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2100-1

Posted Feb 7, 2014

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2100-1 - Thijs Alkemade and Robert Vehse discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the Yahoo! protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Jaime Breva Ribes discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled the XMPP protocol. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long URLs. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, protocol

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2012-6152, CVE-2013-6477, CVE-2013-6478, CVE-2013-6479, CVE-2013-6481, CVE-2013-6482, CVE-2013-6483, CVE-2013-6484, CVE-2013-6485, CVE-2013-6487, CVE-2013-6489, CVE-2013-6490, CVE-2014-0020, CVE-2012-6152, CVE-2013-6477, CVE-2013-6478, CVE-2013-6479, CVE-2013-6481, CVE-2013-6482, CVE-2013-6483, CVE-2013-6484, CVE-2013-6485, CVE-2013-6487, CVE-2013-6489, CVE-2013-6490, CVE-2014-0020

SHA-256 | f991b00ea6f051465706e877f78268dc8f39e4e590323da6770e95706a13d801

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