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CVE-2016-1000030
Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() a…
Impact
Pidgin version <2.11.0 contains a vulnerability in X.509 Certificates imports specifically due to improper check of return values from gnutls_x509_crt_init() and gnutls_x509_crt_import() that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via custom X.509 certificate from another client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.11.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | Version 11 |
| Pidgin | Pidgin | before 2.11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030
- https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe
- https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030
- https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe
- https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38
- https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/