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CVE-2004-0891 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 seque...

HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 6.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rob flynn gaim = 0.10 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.10.3 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.50 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.51 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.52 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.53 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.54 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.55 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.56 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.57 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.58 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.59 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.59.1 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.60 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.61 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.62 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.63 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.64 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.65 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.66 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.67 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.68 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.69 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.70 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.71 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rob flynn gaim = 0.72 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.73 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.74 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.75 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.78 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.82 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 0.82.1 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 1.0 No fix listed
rob flynn gaim = 1.0.1 No fix listed
gentoo linux All versions No fix listed
gentoo linux = 1.4 No fix listed
slackware linux = 9.0 No fix listed
slackware linux = 9.1 No fix listed
slackware linux = 10.0 No fix listed
slackware linux = current No fix listed
ubuntu linux = 4.1 No fix listed

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