Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20162372000
Revision Date:2017-01-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-2372 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-2372
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'pidgin' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:2.10.12-0ubuntu5.1').
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