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title: "CVE-2013-6487\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6487

Publication date 3 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer overflow in libpurple/protocols/gg/lib/http.c in the Gadu-Gadu (gg)
parser in Pidgin before 2.10.8 allows remote attackers to have an
unspecified impact via a large Content-Length value, which triggers a
buffer overflow.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libgadu | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:1.11.2-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:1.11.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:1.11.1-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| pidgin | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1.13.10.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu2.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1.4 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6487?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pidgin | * Upstream:   <http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/ec15aa187aa0> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6487)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6487)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6487)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6487)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2100-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2100-1)
+ Pidgin vulnerabilities
+ 6 February 2014

+ [USN-2101-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2101-1)
+ libgadu vulnerability
+ 10 February 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6487>