RHSA-2013:0646Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: pidgin security update

Published
March 14, 2013
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2013-0272 →CVE-2013-0273 →CVE-2013-0274 →

📋 Description

CVE-2013-0272 — pidgin: MXit protocol stack-based buffer overflow when processing HTTP headers CVE-2013-0273 — pidgin: Meanwhile protocol missing nul termination of long Lotus Sametime usernames CVE-2013-0274 — pidgin: missing nul termination of long values in UPnP responses

🎯 Affected products119

  • RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-devel-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • finch-devel-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • libpurple-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.i386 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libpurple-0:2.6.6-17.el5_9.1.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)
  • libpurple-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • libpurple-0:2.7.9-10.el6_4.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (6)