Executive Summary
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| Summary | |
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| Title | Gaim vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | USN-168-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-08-12 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-08-12 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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
| 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 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.8 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 1:1.1.4-1ubuntu4.4 (for Ubuntu 5.04). After performing a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Daniel Atallah discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the file transfer handler of OSCAR (the module that handles various instant messaging protocols like ICQ). A remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an user by attempting to send him a file with a name that contains invalid UTF-8 characters. (CAN-2005-2102) It was found that specially crafted "away" messages triggered a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the Gaim client or possibly even execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the Gaim user. (CAN-2005-2103) Szymon Zygmunt and Michał Bartoszkiewicz discovered a memory alignment error in the Gadu library, which was fixed in USN-162-1. However, it was discovered that Gaim contains a copy of the vulnerable code. By sending specially crafted messages over the Gadu protocol, a remote attacker could crash Gaim. (CAN-2005-2370) |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-168-1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 50 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
| 50 % | CWE-131 | Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10456 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10456 | ||
| Title: | Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain architectures such as SPARC via an incoming message. | ||
| Description: | Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain architectures such as SPARC via an incoming message. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-2370 | 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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| 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): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9283 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9283 | ||
| Title: | The AIM/ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a filename that contains invalid UTF-8 characters. | ||
| Description: | The AIM/ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a filename that contains invalid UTF-8 characters. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-2102 | 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
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_gaim16.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim17.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim18.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1318-1 (ekg) File : nvt/deb_1318_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 769-1 (gaim) File : nvt/deb_769_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 813-1 (centericq) File : nvt/deb_813_1.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 |
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| 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. |
| 18668 | Gaim Non-utf8 Invalid Filename Remote DoS Gaim contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when an attacker attempts to send a file with non-utf8 characters, and will result in loss of availability for the program. |
| 18126 | libgadu on SPARC Incoming Message Memory Alignment Error |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2012-01-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-773.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-06-27 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1318.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-07-05 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2005-639.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 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_3b4a69820b2411dabc080001020eed82.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 |
| 2006-05-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_09db28440b2111dabc080001020eed82.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-162-1.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 |
| 2005-09-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-813.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 |
| 2005-07-31 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-769.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-639.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:01:16 |
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| 2013-05-11 12:25:09 |
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