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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2016-2369

Original release date: 01/06/2017
Last revised: 01/10/2017
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 3.0):
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2
CVSS Version 3 Metrics:
Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows disruption of service

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External Source: BID
Name: 91335
Type: Third Party Advisory; VDB Entry
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0137/
Type: Technical Description; Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0137/
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=102
Type: Patch; Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=102
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-3031-1
Type: Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-3620
Type: Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620

Vulnerable software and versions

+ Configuration 1
* OR
* cpe:/a:pidgin:pidgin:2.10.12 and previous versions
+ Configuration 2
* OR
* cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::~~lts~~~
* cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::~~lts~~~
* cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
+ Configuration 3
* OR
* cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

* Denotes Vulnerable Software
Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2369

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