| Name | CVE-2016-10188 |
| Description | Use-after-free vulnerability in bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a file transfer connection to expire. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-832-1, DSA-3853-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitlbee (PTS) | wheezy | 3.0.5-1.2 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1 | fixed | |
| jessie (security), jessie | 3.2.2-2+deb8u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid, stretch | 3.5.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bitlbee | source | (unstable) | 3.5-1 | high | ||
| bitlbee | source | jessie | 3.2.2-2+deb8u1 | high | DSA-3853-1 | |
| bitlbee | source | wheezy | 3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1 | high | DLA-832-1 |
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1281
Fixed by: https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/ea902752503fc5b356d6513911081ec932d804f2 (3.5)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4