Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
No English description supplied.
No references supplied.