SERVER-OTHER -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in a server in the network.
SERVER-OTHER Pidgin MXIT is operation null pointer dereference attempt
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol in Pidgin. Specially crafted MXIT data sent via the server could potentially result in a null pointer dereference. A malicious server or an attacker who intercepts the network traffic can send invalid data to trigger this vulnerability and cause a crash. Impact: CVSS base score 5.9 CVSS impact score 3.6 CVSS exploitability score 2.2 confidentialityImpact NONE integrityImpact NONE availabilityImpact NONE Details: Ease of Attack:
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Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].
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CVE-2016-2365 |
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