3729 : Gaim Jabber Plugin Buffer Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
11	465	over 8 years ago	over 2 years ago	1 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date
2002-08-05	2002-08-07

Description

A potential remote overflow exists in Rob Flynn's gaim. GAIM fails to validate input resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code on a client's machine resulting in a loss of integrity or denial of service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.58 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds. Debian, RedHat, and Mandrake have also released independent patches.

Products

Rob Flynn	gaim	0.51
		0.52
		0.53
		0.54
		0.55
		0.56
		0.57

References

Security Tracker: 1004975 1004976 1004977 1005146 1005159
CVE ID: 2002-0384 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 5406
ISS X-Force ID: 9766
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65263
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2002:054
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-098.html
Other Advisory URL: http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=6393
Vendor URL: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2002:098 RHSA-2002:107 RHSA-2002:122 RHSA-2003:156

Tools & Filters

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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