CVE-2016-4478

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, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, 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)	bullseye	7.2.11-1	fixed
	bookworm	7.2.12-1	fixed
	forky, sid, trixie	7.2.12-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
atheme-services	source	jessie	6.0.11-2+deb8u1		DSA-3586-1
atheme-services	source	(unstable)	7.0.7-2

https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2