CVE catalog
CVE-2016-4478
atheme-services: CVE-2016-4478
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.27% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | atheme-services | sid | 7.2.12-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | atheme-services | forky | 7.2.12-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | atheme-services | trixie | 7.2.12-2 | fixed |
| Debian | atheme-services | bookworm | 7.2.12-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | atheme-services | 16.04 | 6.0.11-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | atheme-services | 16.04 | 6.0.11-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | atheme-services | source | sid | 7.0.7-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | atheme-services | source | forky | 7.0.7-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | atheme-services | source | trixie | 7.0.7-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | atheme-services | source | bookworm | 7.0.7-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | atheme-services | deb | 16.04 | 6.0.11-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4478 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [atheme-services]Fixed
Source package: [atheme-services]
Details (2)
7.2.12-1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · bookworm; dsa · atheme-services · debian · 12
7.2.12-1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · bookworm; dsa · atheme-services · debian · 12
- [atheme-services-contrib]Fixed
Source package: [atheme-services]
Details (2)
7.2.12-1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · bookworm; dsa · atheme-services · debian · 12
7.2.12-1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · bookworm; dsa · atheme-services · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [atheme-services]Fixed
Details (2)
7.2.12-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · 13
7.2.12-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · 13
- [atheme-services-contrib]Fixed
Source package: [atheme-services]
Details (2)
7.2.12-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · 13
7.2.12-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
7.0.7-2dsa · atheme-services · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10515-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4478]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3586-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4478]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4478]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]