CVE-2013-0272 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in http.c in the MXit protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP header.

Reference

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/879db2a9a59c http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00007.html http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=66 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57951 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A17474