CVE-2013-6483

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    CVE-2013-6483

    Published: 6 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The XMPP protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.8 does not properly determine whether the from address in an iq reply is consistent with the to address in an iq request, which allows remote attackers to spoof iq traffic or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted reply.

    References: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=78, 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, http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/93d4bff19574, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00039.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00005.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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