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CVE-2017-2640 - log back

CVE-2017-2640 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ High
Remote	+ Remote
Type	+ Arbitrary code execution
Description	+ An out-of-bounds write has been found in libpurple < 2.12.0 in the purple_markup_unescape_entity function. This issue can be triggered by a malicious server sending invalid XML entities separated by whitespace, eg "&#3000;" to the client.
References	+ http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/57 + https://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=109 + https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/b2fc9e774cb9
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