National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3267
Original release date:10/27/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Integer overflow in Skype client before 1.4.x.84 on Windows, before 1.3.x.17 on Mac OS, before 1.2.x.18 on Linux, and 1.1.x.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted network data with a large Object Counter value, which leads to a resultant heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#905177
Name: VU#905177
External Source: BID
Name: 15192
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-2197
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://skype.com/security/skype-sb-2005-03.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17305
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: skype-client-udp-bo(22850)
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 20306
External Source: SREASON
Name: 115
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20051025 Skype security advisory
