Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | gaim vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-8-1 | First vendor Publication | 2004-10-27 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2004-10-27 |
| 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:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | 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) The following packages are affected: gaim The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A buffer overflow and two remote crashes were recently discovered in gaim's MSN protocol handler. An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges by crafting and sending a particular MSN message. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-8-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11790 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11790 | ||
| Title: | Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer. | ||
| Description: | Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0891 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-23 (gaim) File : nvt/glsa_200410_23.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim2.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ru-gaim File : nvt/freebsd_gaim7.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-296-01 gaim File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2004_296_01.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 10988 | Gaim MSN File Transfer Overflow DoS A remote overflow exists in Gaim. The application fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. By initiating a MSN file transfer request, a remote attacker could send a file with a size which exceeds the amount of available memory and crash the application resulting in a loss of availability. |
| 10987 | Gaim Malformed MSN SLP Message DoS |
| 10986 | Gaim MSN SLP Message Handling Remote Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-8-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2004-296-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_1e6c4008245f11d9b5840050fc56d258.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-04-08 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-068.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-11-02 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-117.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-10-25 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200410-23.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-10-21 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2004-604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:06:05 |
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