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.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2859-1 pidgin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6286 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2100-1 Pidgin vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.871Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-6483

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-02-06T16:10:58.717

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-6483

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6483 - Bugzilla

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