CVE-2016-2372
Description
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.11.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.11.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.11.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.11.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.11.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin | pidgin | {"endIncluding":"2.10.12"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2372.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2372
CWEs
CWE-125 CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.