Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-4323: pidgin Multiple vulnerabilities
6
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
01/06/2017
07/25/2018
10/26/2017
10/30/2017
Description
A directory traversal exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an overwrite of files. A malicious server or someone with access to the network traffic can provide an invalid filename for a splash image triggering the vulnerability.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-pidgin
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