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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2103
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CVE-2005-2103

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-168-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html

FEDORA
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded

CONFIRM
  http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22

BID
  14531


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