CVE-2016-2378

Name	CVE-2016-2378
Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.
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.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
pidgin	source	wheezy	2.10.10-1~deb7u2	DLA-542-1
pidgin	source	jessie	2.11.0-0+deb8u1	DSA-3620-1
pidgin	source	(unstable)	2.11.0-1

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0120/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=94
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/06278419c703