UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2369

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2369

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2369.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2369

Related

Published

2016-06-23T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:13Z

Severity

5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name: pidgin
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1

1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2

1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1

1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2

1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3

1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1

1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "finch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name: pidgin
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4

1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5

1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1

1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2

1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3

1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4

1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "finch",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "finch-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpurple0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}