Vulnerability CVE-2016-2377: Information
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability.
Severity: HIGH (8.1) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
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pidgin | sisyphus | 2.11.0-alt1 | 2.14.12-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-1727-1 | 166767 | Fixed |
pidgin | p10 | 2.11.0-alt1 | 2.14.12-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-1727-1 | 166767 | Fixed |
pidgin | p9 | 2.11.0-alt1 | 2.13.0-alt6 | ALT-PU-2016-1727-1 | 166767 | Fixed |
pidgin | c10f1 | 2.11.0-alt1 | 2.14.12-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-1727-1 | 166767 | Fixed |
pidgin | c9f2 | 2.11.0-alt1 | 2.14.12-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-1727-1 | 166767 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
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USN-3031-1 |
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http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0119/ |
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http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=93 |
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DSA-3620 |
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91335 |
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GLSA-201701-38 |