CVE-2014-3697
Slackware Security Advisory - pidgin Updates
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Vulnerabilidad de salto de ruta absoluta en la función untar_block en win32/untar.c en Pidgin anterior a 2.10.10 en Windows permite a atacantes remotos escribir a ficheros arbitrarios a través de un nombre drive en un archivo tar de un tema smiley.
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.
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Timeline
- 2014-05-14 CVE Reserved
- 2014-10-24 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/68b8eb10977f | 2014-11-20 | |
| http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=89 | 2014-11-20 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html | 2014-11-20 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html | 2014-11-20 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | <= 2.10.9 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version " <= 2.10.9" | - |
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.0 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.0" | - |
Affected
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.1 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.1" | - |
Affected
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.2 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.2" | - |
Affected
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.3 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.3" | - |
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.4 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.4" | - |
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.5 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.5" | - |
Affected
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.6 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.6" | - |
Affected
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.7 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.7" | - |
Affected
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| Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" | Pidgin Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" | 2.10.8 Search vendor "Pidgin" for product "Pidgin" and version "2.10.8" | - |
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