vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-2372: pidgin -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jul 15, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 | May 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 15, 2016
Added
Jul 15, 2016
Modified
May 5, 2025
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-pidgin
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