Telepathy-Gabble CVE-2013-1769 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	58282
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-1769
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 04 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 08:30PM
Credit:	Will Thompson
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Telepathy-Gabble CVE-2013-1769 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Telepathy-Gabble is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to cause denial-of-service conditions.

Versions prior to Telepathy-Gabble 0.16.5 and 0.17.3 are vulnerable.

Telepathy-Gabble CVE-2013-1769 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Telepathy-Gabble CVE-2013-1769 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Telepathy-Gabble CVE-2013-1769 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• [Telepathy] Announce: telepathy-gabble 0.17.3 (Will Thompson)
  
• [Telepathy] CVE-2013-1769: remotely-triggered NULL pointer dereference in telepa (Will Thompson)
  
• Telepathy Homepage (freedesktop.org)
  
• USN-1873-1: telepathy-gabble vulnerabilities (Ubuntu)