CVE-2016-4478
atheme-services - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-4478
To remediate CVE-2016-4478, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/atheme-services—upgrade to 7.0.7-2 or later
- —upgrade to 6.0.11-2+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-4478 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.0.7-2
- from 0, < 6.0.11-2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |