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CVE-2016-1000030
Published: Sep 5, 2018
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
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References
https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/
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https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91
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https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030
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GLSA-201701-38
vendor-advisory
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