Fluid Attacks Database

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	pidgin	>=0 <2.11.0-1	2.11.0-1
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
rpm rhel5	pidgin	-	-
rpm rhel6	pidgin	-	-
rpm rhel7	pidgin	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-23652. NVD-2016-23653. OSV-DEBIAN-2016-23654. OSV-2016-23655. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2016-2365

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