| Name | CVE-2016-4478 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3586-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| atheme-services (PTS) | buster | 7.2.9-3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.2.11-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid, trixie | 7.2.12-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2