CVE-2013-1769

Description

A certain hashing algorithm in Telepathy Gabble 0.16.x before 0.16.5 and 0.17.x before 0.17.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted message.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.89% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/53779 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/telepathy/2013-March/006377.html mailing list patch
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/telepathy/2013-March/006378.html mailing list patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1873-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00085.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1769?
CVE-2013-1769 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1769?
To fix CVE-2013-1769, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-1769 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-1769 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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