PT-2016-5144 · Pidgin+2 · Pidgin+2

Yves Younan · Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2017-03-30 · CVE-2016-2375

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pidgin (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol, where specially crafted MXIT contact information sent from the server can result in memory disclosure due to an out-of-bounds read.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1727

CVE-2016-2375

DLA-542-1

DSA-3620-1

MGASA-2016-0236

USN-3031-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pidgin

Ubuntu

References · 51

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2375 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2370 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2378 · Vendor Advisory