CVE-2013-0271 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/a8aef1d340f2 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=65 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A18386