USN-8977-1

It was discovered that BitlBee incorrectly handled file transfer connections that expired when built with libpurple. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause BitlBee to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-10188)

It was discovered that BitlBee incorrectly handled file transfer requests for contacts that were not in the contact list. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause BitlBee to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-10189)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / bitlbee

Package

Name: bitlbee
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bitlbee?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.4.2-0ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.1-1

3.4.1-1build1

3.4.2-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bitlbee",
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-common",
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-libpurple",
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-plugin-otr",
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-10188",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-10189",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8977-1.json"