CVE - CVE-2016-2372

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-2372	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious user, server, or man-in-the-middle attacker can send an invalid size for a file transfer which will trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.
References
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MISC:http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0140/ CONFIRM:http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=105 DEBIAN:DSA-3620 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3620 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-38 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 UBUNTU:USN-3031-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3031-1 BID:91335 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91335
Assigning CNA
CERT/CC
Date Entry Created
20160212	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160212)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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