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CVE-2016-4478

Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.

Published

2016-06-13T19:59:09.020

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Application	atheme	atheme	≤ 7.2.6	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1 ([email protected])
https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)