CVE-2016-2372 An information leak 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 user, server,....
MediumCVSS 5.9
EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
An information leak 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 user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/pidgin(Debian:12) | < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
| debian/pidgin(Debian:13) | < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
| debian/pidgin(Debian:14) | < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
| pidgin | <= 2.10.12 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 12.04 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 14.04 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 15.10 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| pidgin | = 2.10.11 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2016-2372 vendor-advisory
- DSA-3620 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.pidgin.im patch vendor-advisory
- 91335 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- www.talosintelligence.com technical-description third-party-advisory
- USN-3031-1 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201701-38 vendor-advisory