CVE-2016-1000030 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000030 https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/d6fc1ce76ffe https://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=91 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-38 https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000030/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8