CVE-2016-2369
published 2017-01-06CVE-2016-2369: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could…
PriorityP427medium5.9CVSS 3.0
AVNACHPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.25%
81.0th percentile
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | pidgin | < pidgin 2.11.0-1 (bookworm) | pidgin 2.11.0-1 (bookworm) |
| pidgin | pidgin | <= 2.10.12 | — |
| pidgin | pidgin | — | — |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
| pidgin | pidgin | >= 0 < 2.11.0-1 | 2.11.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.9MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.9MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-vpjq-9v86-rqf3: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-2369 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-vpjq-9v86-rqf3: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
OSV
CVE-2016-2369: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
osv·2017-01-06·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2016-2369 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2369: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
Ubuntu
Pidgin vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-07-12
CVE-2016-2365 Pidgin vulnerabilities
Title: Pidgin vulnerabilities
Summary: Pidgin could be made to crash or run programs if it received
specially crafted network traffic.
Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit
protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Pidgin to make all the
necessary changes.
Red Hat
pidgin: MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability
vendor_redhat·2016-06-21·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2016-2369 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 pidgin: MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability
pidgin: MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: pidgin (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2016-2369: pidgin - A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT prot...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2016-2369 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2369: pidgin - A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT prot...
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.11.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.11.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.11.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.11.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.11.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Pidgin Vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2016-06-21·CVSS 5.9
[MEDIUM] Vulnerability Spotlight: Pidgin Vulnerabilities
## Vulnerability Spotlight: Pidgin Vulnerabilities
These vulnerabilities were discovered by Yves Younan .
Pidgin is a universal chat client that is used on millions of systems worldwide. The Pidgin chat client enables you to communicate on multiple chat networks simultaneously. Talos has identified multiple vulnerabilities in the way Pidgin handles the MXit protocol. These vulnerabilities fall into the following four categories.
Information Leakage
Denial Of Service
Directory Traversal
Buffer Overflow
The following vulnerabilities were identified (listed numerically by CVE):
CVE-2016-2365 - Pidgin MXIT Markup Command Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2366 - Pidgin MXIT Table Command Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2367 - Pidgin MXIT Avatar Length Memory Disclosure
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Pidgin Vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2016-06-21·CVSS 5.9
[MEDIUM] Vulnerability Spotlight: Pidgin Vulnerabilities
These vulnerabilities were discovered by Yves Younan.
Pidgin is a universal chat client that is used on millions of systems worldwide. The Pidgin chat client enables you to communicate on multiple chat networks simultaneously. Talos has identified multiple vulnerabilities in the way Pidgin handles the MXit protocol. These vulnerabilities fall into the following four categories.
- Information Leakage
- Denial Of Service
- Directory Traversal
- Buffer Overflow
The following vulnerabilities were identified (listed numerically by CVE):
CVE-2016-2365 - Pidgin MXIT Markup Command Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2366 - Pidgin MXIT Table Command Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2367 - Pidgin MXIT Avatar Length Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2368 - Pidgin MXIT g_sn
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2369 pidgin: MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability
bugzilla·2016-06-22·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2016-2369 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2369 pidgin: MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2369 pidgin: MXIT CP_SOCK_REC_TERM Denial of Service Vulnerability
An NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerability.
External references:
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0137/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=102
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=102http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0137/http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=102http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0137/http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
2017-01-06
Published