Information Exposure Affecting pidgin package, versions <2.11.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-PIDGIN-368155
- published6 Jan 2017
- disclosed6 Jan 2017
Introduced: 6 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-2372 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 pidgin to version 2.11.0-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2372
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2372
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1