Upstream information

CVE-2016-1000030 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 4
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low High
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 989989 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 pidgin Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 pidgin Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 pidgin Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 pidgin Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jul 20 10:30:19 2016
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:32:18 2023