Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Gaim vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-139-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-06-10 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-06-10 |
| 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: gaim The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.5 (for Ubuntu 4.10) and 1:1.1.4-1ubuntu4.2 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. By initiating a file transfer with a file name containing certain international characters (like an accented "a"), a remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an arbitrary Yahoo IM member. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-139-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:744 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:744 | ||
| Title: | Gaim DoS via Yahoo! Message | ||
| Description: | Gaim before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Yahoo! message with non-ASCII characters in a file name. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-1269 | Version: | 1 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | Product(s): | Gaim |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9544 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9544 | ||
| Title: | Gaim before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Yahoo! message with non-ASCII characters in a file name. | ||
| Description: | Gaim before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Yahoo! message with non-ASCII characters in a file name. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-1269 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-11 (gaim) File : nvt/glsa_200506_11.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim14.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 734-1 (gaim) File : nvt/deb_734_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 17236 | Gaim Yahoo! Module non-ASCII Filename DoS GAIM Yahoo! module contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when the Yahoo module attempts to process a non-ASCII filename during a file transfer, and will result in loss of availability for the client. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-01-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-773.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2005-518.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-139-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_2701611fdf5c11d9b8750001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-06 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-734.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-06-17 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-518.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-06-16 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-099.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-06-13 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200506-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:59:49 |
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