Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2009:208 | First vendor Publication | 2009-08-20 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2009-08-20 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libgadu: libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read (CVE-2008-4776). This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:208 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17899 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17899 | ||
| Title: | USN-692-1 -- ekg, libgadu vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that the Gadu library, used by some Instant Messaging clients, did not correctly verify certain packet sizes from the server. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-692-1 CVE-2008-4776 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 | Product(s): | ekg libgadu |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18513 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18513 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1664-1 ekg - denial of service | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client performs insufficient input sanitising in the code to parse contact descriptions, which may result in denial of service. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1664-1 CVE-2008-4776 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | ekg |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7621 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7621 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1664 ekg -- missing input sanitising | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client performs insufficient input sanitising in the code to parse contact descriptions, which may result in denial of service. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1664 CVE-2008-4776 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | ekg |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-12-10 | Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:208-1 (libgadu) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_208_1.nasl |
| 2009-09-02 | Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:208 (libgadu) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_208.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for ekg, libgadu vulnerability USN-692-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_692_1.nasl |
| 2008-11-19 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1664-1 (ekg) File : nvt/deb_1664_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 50042 | libgadu Contact Description Handling Remote DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-12-15 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_3_kdenetwork4-101119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-05-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_kde4-kdnssd-101119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-05-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_kdenetwork3-101119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-05-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_kdenetwork4-101119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-12-23 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_kdenetwork3-7245.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-12-16 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_kde4-kdnssd-101119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-08-24 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-208.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_libgadu-081030.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-692-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-11-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1664.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-10-31 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_libgadu-5717.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:40:35 |
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