CVE-2016-2376
Published: 23 June 2016
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 8.1
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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pidgin Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(2.11.0-1)
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1)
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3)
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Patches: Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/19f89eda8587 |
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