vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-4323: pidgin -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 15, 2016
Added
Jul 15, 2016
Modified
May 5, 2025

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

debian-upgrade-pidgin
Title
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