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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 retu

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00738
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
pidgin< 2.11.0
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD05 Sep 2018 · 05:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffePatchThird Party Advisory
https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38Third Party Advisory
https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/Third Party Advisory
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