CVE-2016-4478
N/A
Published: June 13, 2016 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63eQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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