Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Informations | |||
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| Name | CVE-2005-2103 | First vendor Publication | 2005-08-16 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2025-01-16 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | 9.8 | ||
| Base Score | 9.8 | Environmental Score | 9.8 |
| impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 9.8 |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | 3.9 | ||
| Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2103 |
CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-47 | Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion |
| CAPEC-100 | Overflow Buffers |
| CAPEC-123 | Buffer Attacks |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-131 | Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11477 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11477 | ||
| Title: | Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n. | ||
| Description: | Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-2103 | 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): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
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| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200508-06 (Gaim) File : nvt/glsa_200508_06.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim18.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-242-03 gaim File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2005_242_03.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 18669 | Gaim Away Message Processing Remote Overflow A remote overflow exists in gaim. The program fails to validate away messages resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted away message, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | AOL GAIM AIM-ICQ Protocol Handling buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 17357 - Revision : 9 - Type : PUA-OTHER |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2005-627.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-05-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_6d1761d20b2311dabc080001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-168-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-05 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2005-242-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-05 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-139.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-08-18 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200508-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-08-12 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-589.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-08-12 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-627.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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