CVE-2016-4478
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.0.7-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.0.7-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.0.7-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.0.7-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.0.7-2 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| atheme | atheme | {"endIncluding":"7.2.6"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1
- https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4478
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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