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Gaim Away Message Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16379
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Release Date:
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2005-08-10
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Last Update:
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2005-08-12
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Popularity:
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11,234 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Gaim 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2102
CVE-2005-2103
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Description:
A vulnerability and a weakness have been reported in Gaim, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a user's system.
1) An error in the handling of away messages can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted away message to a user logged into AIM or ICQ.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
2) An error in the handling of file transfers can be exploited to crash the application by attempting to upload a file with a non-UTF8 filename to a user logged into AIM or ICQ.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5.0.
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Brandon Perry
2) Daniel Atallah
Changelog:
2005-08-12: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
Gaim:
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=21
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=22
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