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SUSE: CVE-2016-2373: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-2373: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/29/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/12/2016
Modified
01/26/2018

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 an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or user can send an invalid mood to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-finch
  • suse-upgrade-finch-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libpurple-lang
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin
  • suse-upgrade-pidgin-devel

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2416-1
  • DLA-542-1
  • DSA-3620
  • 91335
  • USN-3031-1
  • GLSA-201701-38
  • CVE-2016-2373
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