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CVE-2004-0891 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/27/2005

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Provides administrator access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9 Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11790
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11790

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.59.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.69:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.82.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:current:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0891
NVD Published Date:
01/27/2005
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017