CVE-2017-5668

moderate-risk
Published 2017-03-14

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: 30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a272441
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Bitlbee
Bitlbee-Libpurple

Affected Vendors

Bitlbee

References (10)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932
Issue Tracking https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282
Patch https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a2724...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95932
Issue Tracking https://bugs.bitlbee.org/ticket/1282
Patch https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/commit/30d598ce7cd3f136ee9d7097f39fa9818a2724...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low