| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-832-1, DSA-3853-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitlbee (PTS) | stretch | 3.5.1-1 | fixed |
| buster | 3.5.1-1.3 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 3.6-1.2 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 3.6-1.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bitlbee | source | wheezy | 3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1 | DLA-832-1 | ||
| bitlbee | source | jessie | 3.2.2-2+deb8u1 | DSA-3853-1 | ||
| bitlbee | source | (unstable) | 3.5-1 |
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