ID CVE-2005-2103
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:gaim_project:gaim:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gaim_project:gaim:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.5 (as of 02-02-2024 - 15:02)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-131
CAPEC
  • Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    In this attack, the target software is given input that the attacker knows will be modified and expanded in size during processing. This attack relies on the target software failing to anticipate that the expanded data may exceed some internal limit, thereby creating a buffer overflow.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an adversary. As a consequence, an adversary is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the adversaries' choice.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:14:19.264-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
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
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11477
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
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.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2005:589
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2005:627
refmap via4
bid 14531
confirm http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
fedora FLSA:158543
suse SUSE-SR:2005:019
ubuntu USN-168-1
Last major update 02-02-2024 - 15:02
Published 16-08-2005 - 04:00
Last modified 02-02-2024 - 15:02
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