Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201623650000000
Revision Date:2017-01-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-2365 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-2365
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND pidgin package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1').
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