Bug 1348873 (CVE-2016-2371)

Summary: CVE-2016-2371 pidgin: MXIT Extended Profiles Code Execution Vulnerability
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cschalle, debarshir, itamar, jskarvad, jsynacek, mbarnes, stu
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Bug Depends On: 1350338, 1403136    
Bug Blocks: 1348890    

Description Andrej Nemec 2016-06-22 08:59:25 UTC
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could cause memory corruption resulting in code execution.

External references:

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0139/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=104

Upstream fix:

https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/7b52ca213832