CVE-2014-3697

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the untar_block function in win32/untar.c in Pidgin before 2.10.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a drive name in a tar archive of a smiley theme.

CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/68b8eb10977f	Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=89	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.8:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-10-29 10:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:31

NVD link : CVE-2014-3697

Mitre link : CVE-2014-3697

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-3697

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pidgin

pidgin

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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