CVE-2016-1000030

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 v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-09-05 10:29

Updated : 2018-11-14 11:34

NVD link : CVE-2016-1000030

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1000030

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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Products Affected

suse

linux_enterprise_server

pidgin

pidgin

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