Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-542-1 | pidgin security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3620-1 | pidgin security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-3461 | A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the vulnerability. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3031-1 | Pidgin vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.304Z
Reserved: 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-2377
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-01-06T21:59:01.007
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-2377
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN