CVE-2016-2368

Published on: 01/06/2017 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:15 PM UTC

CVE-2016-2368

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Ubuntu Linux from Canonical contain the following vulnerability:

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.

CVE-2016-2368 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
Affected Vendor/Software: Pidgin - Pidgin version 2.10.11

CVSS3 Score: 8.1 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	HIGH	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 7.5 - HIGH

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Pidgin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-38) — Gentoo Security	security.gentoo.org text/html	GENTOO GLSA-201701-38
Pidgin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html	BID 91335
USN-3031-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	Third Party Advisory www.ubuntu.com text/html	UBUNTU USN-3031-1
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0136	Technical Description Third Party Advisory www.talosintelligence.com text/html	MISC www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0136/
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3620-1 pidgin	Third Party Advisory www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html	DEBIAN DSA-3620
Pidgin Security Advisories	Patch Vendor Advisory web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived	CONFIRM www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101

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Related QID Numbers

671085 EulerOS Security Update for pidgin (EulerOS-SA-2019-2387)
710343 Gentoo Linux Pidgin Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-38)

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

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