| Name | CVE-2016-2368 |
| Description | Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-542-1, DSA-3620-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pidgin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.11.0-0+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.12.0-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 2.13.0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.14.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.14.12-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.14.13-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0136/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/60f95045db42
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/f6efc254e947