CVE-2016-2376

Name	CVE-2016-2376
Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent from the server could potentially result in arbitrary code execution. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send an invalid size for a packet which will trigger a buffer overflow.
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

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0118/
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=92
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/19f89eda8587