CVE-2017-5668

CRITICAL

bitlbee-libpurple < 3.5.1 - Denial of Service via File Transfer Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0298
EPSS Percentile 85.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (2)
bitlbee/bitlbee < 3.4.2
bitlbee/bitlbee-libpurple < 3.5
Published Mar 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026