CVE-2013-0273 Information

Description

sametime.c in the Sametime protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.7 does not properly terminate long user IDs which allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Reference

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/c31cf8de31cd 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=67 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1746-1 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A18340