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CVE-2013-6486

Publication date 6 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

gtkutils.c in Pidgin before 2.10.8 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a message containing a file: URL that is improperly handled during construction of an explorer.exe command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3185.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pidgin 13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

fix for incorrect CVE-2011-3185 fix windows specific.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
pidgin