CVE-2016-2366
Published on: 01/06/2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:15 PM UTC
Certain versions of Ubuntu Linux from Canonical contain the following vulnerability:
A denial of service vulnerability 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 server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.
- CVE-2016-2366 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Pidgin - Pidgin version 2.10.11
CVSS3 Score: 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | HIGH | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-38) — Gentoo Security | security.gentoo.org text/html |
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Pidgin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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USN-3031-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | Third Party Advisory www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0134 | Technical Description Third Party Advisory www.talosintelligence.com text/html |
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3620-1 pidgin | Third Party Advisory www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html |
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Pidgin Security Advisories | Patch Vendor Advisory web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Pidgin | Pidgin | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE