Vulnerability CVE-2016-4478
Published: 2016-06-13

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Opensuse -> LEAP 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> LEAP 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Atheme -> Atheme 

 References:
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
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