CVE-2013-6479 Information

Description

util.c in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly allocate memory for HTTP responses that are inconsistent with the Content-Length header which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted response.

Reference

http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/cd529e1158d3 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=73 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2859 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2100-1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0139.html