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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1746-1

Posted Feb 25, 2013

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1746-1 - Chris Wysopal discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled file transfers in the MXit protocol handler. A remote attacker could use this issue to create or overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10. It was discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled long HTTP headers in the MXit protocol handler. A malicious remote server could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, web, arbitrary, protocol

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-0271, CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274, CVE-2013-0271, CVE-2013-0272, CVE-2013-0273, CVE-2013-0274

SHA-256 | cab8da5f6e98651feb98f652311a38e0a1209f3942cdce9adda737ce25ba333d

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