Out-of-Bounds Affecting atheme-services package, versions <7.0.7-2
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- published13 Jun 2016
- disclosed13 Jun 2016
Introduced: 13 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-4478 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 atheme-services to version 7.0.7-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream atheme-services package and not the atheme-services package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4478
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586
- https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4478