CVE-2016-2368

Name	CVE-2016-2368
Description	Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could result in multiple buffer overflows, potentially resulting in code execution or memory disclosure.
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-542-1, DSA-3620-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
pidgin (PTS)	bullseye	2.14.1-1	fixed
	bookworm	2.14.12-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	2.14.13-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
pidgin	source	wheezy	2.10.10-1~deb7u2	DLA-542-1
pidgin	source	jessie	2.11.0-0+deb8u1	DSA-3620-1
pidgin	source	(unstable)	2.11.0-1

Notes

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0136/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=101
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/60f95045db42
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/f6efc254e947