UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2372
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2372
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Published
2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:38Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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 out-of-bounds read vulnerability. This could result in a denial of service or copy data from memory to the file, resulting in an information leak if the file is sent to another user.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1
1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1
1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "finch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "finch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "libpurple0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "pidgin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.3",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pidgin

Package

Name
pidgin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pidgin@1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.10.11-0ubuntu4
1:2.10.11-0ubuntu5
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu1
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu2
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu3
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu4
1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "finch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "finch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "libpurple-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "libpurple0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "pidgin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1",
            "binary_name": "pidgin-dev"
        }
    ]
}