CVE-2016-4478 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Atheme	Atheme
Debian	Debian Linux
Opensuse	Leap Opensuse

Configuration 1 [-]

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Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:atheme:atheme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1
https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-06-13T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.411Z

Reserved: 2016-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4478

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-13T19:59:09.020

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:52:18.397

Link: CVE-2016-4478

Redhat

No data.

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