CVE-2016-2380

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-2016-2371

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-2016-2378

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length...

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...

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...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04341)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A security vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol processing in Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause out-of-bounds writes and memory corruption, or execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted...

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 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04339)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol processing of Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause an out-of-bounds read with the help of specially crafted MXIT data...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol handling of Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to overwrite a file by providing an invalid boot image name...

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...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04331)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. An information disclosure 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 or copy memory to a file with the help of ...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04333)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol processing in Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a buffer overflow, execute arbitrary code, or cause a memory leak by sending specially...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04336)

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 null pointer backreference by sending packets starting with a null byte...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04337)

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...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04340)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the MXIT protocol processing in Pidgin version 2.10.11, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a buffer overflow and memory corruption with the help of a negative length value...

Pidgin MXIT Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-04347)

Pidgin is a cross-platform real-time communication client that supports several popular real-time communication protocols. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Pidgin's MXIT protocol processing, which allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability to send a negative-length HTTP respons...