vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-2365: pidgin -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 15, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 | May 5, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 15, 2016
Added
Jul 15, 2016
Modified
May 5, 2025
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
Solution
debian-upgrade-pidgin
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