PT-2017-7795 · Bitlbee+1 · Bitlbee+1

Dx · Published 2017-03-14 · Updated 2017-11-04 · CVE-2016-10189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BitlBee versions prior to 3.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved via a file transfer request for a contact that is not in the contact list.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5, update to version 3.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1283

CVE-2016-10189

DLA-832-1

DSA-3853-1

MGASA-2017-0200

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Bitlbee

References · 27

• https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/701ab8129ba9ea64f569daedca9a8603abad740f · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0200 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10189 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10189 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5668 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10189 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4 · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0200.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3853-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10188 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10189 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10189 · Security Note