debian · CVE-2017-5668

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:58:56 GMT

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CVE-2017-5668 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bitlbee), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4.

Description:

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.

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