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CVE-2017-5668

Published: Mar 14, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request for a contact that is not in the contact list. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10189.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282

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https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441

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vdb-entry

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[oss-security] 20170131 Re: CVE Request - Remote DoS vulnerabilities in BitlBee

mailing-list

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[oss-security] 20170130 CVE Request - Remote DoS vulnerabilities in BitlBee

mailing-list

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