Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Gadu vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-692-1 | First vendor Publication | 2008-12-17 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2008-12-17 |
| 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 security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 7.10: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Ubuntu 8.10: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that the Gadu library, used by some Instant Messaging clients, did not correctly verify certain packet sizes from the server. If a user connected to a malicious server, clients using Gadu could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-692-1 |
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 12:05:32 |
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