CVE-2016-10189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

BitlBee before 3.5 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Bitlbee	Bitlbee Bitlbee-libpurple

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitlbee:bitlbee-libpurple::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3853
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95931
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282
https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/701ab8129ba9ea64f569daedca9a8603abad740f

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-14T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.351Z

Reserved: 2017-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-10189

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-14T14:59:00.387

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-10189

Redhat

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