| Name | CVE-2016-10189 |
| Description | BitlBee before 3.5 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-832-1, DSA-3853-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| bitlbee (PTS) | buster | 3.5.1-1.3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.6-1.2 | fixed |
| trixie, bookworm | 3.6-1.3 | fixed |
| sid | 3.6-1.4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282
Fixed by: https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/701ab8129ba9ea64f569daedca9a8603abad740f (3.5)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4
When fixing this CVE make sure to apply as well
https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441
to not open CVE-2017-5668