Executive Summary
| Summary | |
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| Title | New gaim packages fix several vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | DSA-434 | First vendor Publication | 2004-02-05 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2004-02-05 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| 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: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
| Stefan Esser discovered several security related problems in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. Not all of them are applicable for the version in Debian stable, but affected the version in the unstable distribution at least. The problems were grouped for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures as follows: CAN-2004-0005 When the Yahoo Messenger handler decodes an octal value for email notification functions two different kinds of overflows can be triggered. When the MIME decoder decoded a quoted printable encoded string for email notification two other different kinds of overflows can be triggered. These problems only affect the version in the unstable distribution. CAN-2004-0006 When parsing the cookies within the HTTP reply header of a Yahoo web connection a buffer overflow can happen. When parsing the Yahoo Login Webpage the YMSG protocol overflows stack buffers if the web page returns oversized values. When splitting an URL into its parts a stack overflow can be caused. These problems only affect the version in the unstable distribution When an oversized keyname is read from a Yahoo Messenger packet a stack overflow can be triggered. When Gaim is setup to use a HTTP proxy for connecting to the server a malicious HTTP proxy can exploit it. These problems affect all versions Debian ships. However, the connection to Yahoo doesn't work in the version in Debian stable. CAN-2004-0007 Internally data is copied between two tokens into a fixed size stack buffer without a size check. This only affects the version of gaim in the unstable distribution CAN-2004-0008 When allocating memory for AIM/Oscar DirectIM packets an integer overflow can happen, resulting in a heap overflow. This only affects the version of gaim in the unstable distribution For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.58-2.4. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.75-2. We recommend that you upgrade your gaim packages. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-193 | Off-by-one Error |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10222 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10222 | ||
| Title: | Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) cookies in a Yahoo web connection, (2) a long name parameter in the Yahoo login web page, (3) a long value parameter in the Yahoo login page, (4) a YMSG packet, (5) the URL parser, and (6) HTTP proxy connect. | ||
| Description: | Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) cookies in a Yahoo web connection, (2) a long name parameter in the Yahoo login web page, (3) a long value parameter in the Yahoo login page, (4) a YMSG packet, (5) the URL parser, and (6) HTTP proxy connect. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0006 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:818 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:818 | ||
| Title: | Gaim / Ultramagnetic BO Vulnerabilities | ||
| Description: | Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) cookies in a Yahoo web connection, (2) a long name parameter in the Yahoo login web page, (3) a long value parameter in the Yahoo login page, (4) a YMSG packet, (5) the URL parser, and (6) HTTP proxy connect. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0006 | Version: | 2 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Linux 9 | Product(s): | Gaim |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:819 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:819 | ||
| Title: | Gaim / Ultramagnetic Extract Info Field Function BO | ||
| Description: | Buffer overflow in the Extract Info Field Function for (1) MSN and (2) YMSG protocol handlers in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0007 | Version: | 2 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Linux 9 | Product(s): | Gaim |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:820 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:820 | ||
| Title: | Gaim / Ultramagnetic directIM Packet Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0008 | Version: | 2 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Linux 9 | Product(s): | Gaim |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9469 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9469 | ||
| Title: | Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. | ||
| Description: | Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0008 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9906 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9906 | ||
| Title: | Buffer overflow in the Extract Info Field Function for (1) MSN and (2) YMSG protocol handlers in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. | ||
| Description: | Buffer overflow in the Extract Info Field Function for (1) MSN and (2) YMSG protocol handlers in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0007 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200401-04 (GAIM) File : nvt/glsa_200401_04.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim9.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 434-1 (gaim) File : nvt/deb_434_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 3736 | Gaim Quoted Printable Decoder Overflows A remote overflow exists in GAIM Instant Messager client. GAIM fails to address malformed input resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause the execution of arbitrary code resulting in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability. |
| 3735 | Gaim Yahoo Octal-Encoding Decoder Overflows |
| 3734 | Gaim DirectIM AIM/Oscar Integer Buffer Overflow A remote overflow exists in gaim. Gaim fails to correctly parse some malformed directIM packets, resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause the execution of arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity. |
| 3733 | Gaim Extract Info Field Function Buffer Overflow A remote overflow exists in Gaim. The Extract Info Field Function combines data from two tokens into a fixed-length stack buffer without properly checking the size of the resulting string, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted set of data, an attacker can overflow the buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system, resulting in a loss of integrity. |
| 3732 | Gaim HTTP Proxy Connect Overflow A remote overflow exists in Gaim. The HTTP proxy (http_canread function) subsystem fails to check if the proxy sends more than 8192 bytes in a line, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a malicious proxy sending specially crafted input, an attacker can overwrite the buffer and gain control of the instruction pointer resulting in a loss of integrity. |
| 3731 | Gaim URL Parser Function Overflow A remote overflow exists in Gaim. The URL Parser Function splits a URL into its parts using temporary fixed size stackbuffers in an unsafe way, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted set of data, an attacker can overflow the buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system, resulting in a loss of integrity. Note that it is only possible to overwrite the buffers with a limited character set which makes exploitation difficult. |
| 3730 | Gaim Yahoo Parser Buffer Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_6fd024395d7011d880e30020ed76ef5a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-434.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-06 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2004-033.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-06 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2004-045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:33:04 |
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