UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5668

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5668
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5668.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5668
Upstream
Published
2017-03-14T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:07Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request for a contact that is not in the contact list. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10189.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / bitlbee

Package

Name
bitlbee
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bitlbee@3.4.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.1-1
3.4.1-1build1
3.4.2-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bitlbee"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-libpurple"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bitlbee-plugin-otr"
        }
    ]
}