CVE-2016-4478

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4478
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-13T19:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.2.6
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4478
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4478
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:54:56 2016-06-13T19:59Z 2016-06-13T19:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:54:56 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:54:56 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated