Information Exposure Affecting finch-devel package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FINCHDEVEL-1347197
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed21 Jun 2016
Introduced: 21 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-2380 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 finch-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream finch-devel package and not the finch-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
- http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=96
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2380
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0123/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1