CVE-2016-4323: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

A directory traversal exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an overwrite of files. A malicious server or someone with access to the network traffic can provide an invalid filename for a splash image...

CVE-2016-2377: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent by the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds write of one byte. A malicious server can send a negative content-length in response to a HTTP request triggering the...

CVE-2016-2369: NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious server can send a packet starting with a NULL byte triggering the vulnerabilit...

CVE-2016-2371: Out-of-bounds Write

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...

CVE-2016-2370: Out-of-bounds Read

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in an out-of-bounds read. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability...

CVE-2016-2380: Out-of-bounds Read

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...

CVE-2016-2372: Out-of-bounds Read

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...

CVE-2016-2368: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure...

CVE-2016-2375: Out-of-bounds Read

An exploitable out-of-bounds read exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT contact information sent from the server can result in memory disclosure...

CVE-2016-2379

The Mxit protocol uses weak encryption when encrypting user passwords, which might allow attackers to 1 decrypt hashed passwords by leveraging knowledge of client registration codes or 2 gain login access by eavesdropping on login messages and re-using the hashed passwords...

Debian DSA-3620-1 : pidgin - security update

Yves Younan of Cisco Talos discovered several vulnerabilities in the MXit protocol support in pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial of service application crash, overwrite files, information disclosure, or...

DSA-3620-1 pidgin - security update

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Pidgin vulnerabilities (USN-3031-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3031-1 advisory. Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to cras...

USN-3031-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities

Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3031-1 pidgin vulnerabilities

Yves Younan discovered that Pidgin contained multiple issues in the MXit protocol support. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

MGASA-2016-0236 Updated pidgin packages fix security vulnerability

A buffer overflows vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet...

Debian DLA-542-1 : pidgin security update

Numerous security issues have been identified and fixed in Pidgin in Debian/Wheezy. CVE-2016-2365 MXIT Markup Command Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2016-2366 MXIT Table Command Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2016-2367 MXIT Avatar Length Memory Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2016-2368 MXI...

[SECURITY] [DLA 542-1] pidgin security update

Package : pidgin Version : 2.10.10-1deb7u2 CVE ID : CVE-2016-2365 CVE-2016-2366 CVE-2016-2367 CVE-2016-2368 CVE-2016-2369 CVE-2016-2370 CVE-2016-2371 CVE-2016-2372 CVE-2016-2373 CVE-2016-2374 CVE-2016-2375 CVE-2016-2376 CVE-2016-2377 CVE-2016-2378 CVE-2016-2380 CVE-2016-4323 Numerous security...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04334)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol processing of Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service null pointer reverse reference by sending invalid data...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04335)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol processing in Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service read across boundaries by sending invalid data...