vulnerability
Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-2370: pidgin security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 6, 2017 | Nov 19, 2019 | Apr 1, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 6, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2019
Modified
Apr 1, 2026
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability.
Solution
huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-libpurple
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