Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.11.0.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
debian 12	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
debian 14	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-10000302. NVD-2016-10000303. OSV-DEBIAN-2016-10000304. OSV-2016-10000305. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2016-1000030

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