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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-2374: MXIT MultiMX Message Code Execution Vulnerability

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-2374: MXIT MultiMX Message Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/06/2017
Created
12/18/2019
Added
11/08/2019
Modified
11/08/2019

Description

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT MultiMX message sent via the server can result in an out-of-bounds write leading to memory disclosure and code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-pidgin

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