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Ubuntu: USN-3031-1 (CVE-2016-2380): Pidgin vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3031-1 (CVE-2016-2380): Pidgin vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpurple0

References

  • USN-3031-1
  • DLA-542-1
  • DSA-3620
  • 91335
  • GLSA-201701-38
  • CVE-2016-2380

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