PT-2016-5886 · Pidgin+2 · Pidgin+2

Yves Younan · Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2017-03-30 · CVE-2016-4323

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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

Description A directory traversal issue exists in Pidgin's handling of the MXIT protocol. This could allow a malicious server or an attacker with network access to potentially overwrite files by sending specially crafted MXIT data. The issue can be triggered when an invalid filename for a splash image is provided.

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

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1727

CVE-2016-4323

DLA-542-1

DSA-3620-1

MGASA-2016-0236

USN-3031-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pidgin

Ubuntu

References · 51

• 🔥 http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0128 · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4323 · Vendor Advisory
• http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=97 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4323 · 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4323 · 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