Out-of-Bounds Affecting pidgin package, versions <2.11.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.59% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE34-PIDGIN-468281
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2016-2377  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.4 pidgin to version 2.11.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pidgin package and not the pidgin package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability.