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.
References
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/ | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 |
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Information
Published : 2017-01-06 21:59
Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11
NVD link : CVE-2016-2372
Mitre link : CVE-2016-2372
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2372
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Products Affected
pidgin
- pidgin
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux