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Bug 1348856 - (CVE-2016-2380) CVE-2016-2380 pidgin: MXIT mxit_convert_markup_tx Information Leak Vulnerability
CVE-2016-2380 pidgin: MXIT mxit_convert_markup_tx Information Leak Vulnerability
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20160621,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1350338 1403136
Blocks: 1348890
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Reported: 2016-06-22 04:34 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-09-27 07:31 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version: pidgin 2.11.0
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-06-22 04:34:32 EDT
An information leak exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent to the server could potentially result in an out of bounds read. A user could be convinced to enter a particular string which would then get converted incorrectly and could lead to a potential out-of-bounds read.

External references:

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0123/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=96

Upstream fix:

https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/8172584fd640

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