CVE-2014-3697 | BDVDB-2026-65888 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12014-10-29Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.