CVE-2013-6479

Name	CVE-2013-6479
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2859-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pidgin (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	2.11.0-0+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch	2.12.0-1	fixed
	buster, sid	2.13.0-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pidgin	source	(unstable)	2.10.8-1	medium
pidgin	source	wheezy	2.10.9-1~deb7u1	medium	DSA-2859-1

[squeeze] - pidgin <no-dsa> (Not suitable for code injection)