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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-2368: pidgin security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-2368: pidgin security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/06/2017
Created
12/05/2019
Added
12/04/2019
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-libpurple

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