National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0007

Overview

Buffer overflow in the Extract Info Field Function for (1) MSN and (2) YMSG protocol handlers in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#197142

Name: VU#197142

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/197142

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2004:033

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-033.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-434

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net/advisories/001.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net/advisories/001.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20040127 Ultramagnetic Advisory #001: Multiple vulnerabilities in Gaim code

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107522432613022&w=2

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2004:032

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-032.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200401-04

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200401-04.xml

External Source: XF

Name: gaim-extractinfo-bo(14946)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/14946

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2004-026

Hyperlink:http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.361158

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1008850

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850

External Source: BID

Name: 9489

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9489

External Source: SUSE

Name: SuSE-SA:2004:004

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6281

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 3733

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/3733

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2004:006

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:006

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20040126 Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2

External Source: CONECTIVA

Name: CLA-2004:813

Hyperlink:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20040126 Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:819

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:819

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:819