CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5668
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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.
Affected configurations
• bitlbee bitlbee (<= 3.4.2)
• bitlbee bitlbee-libpurple (<= 3.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441 Patch, Third Party Advisory