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7.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Ultramagnetic 0.81. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Direct IM Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Integer overflow 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 via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
The bug was discovered 01/26/2004. The weakness was disclosed 01/27/2004 by Stefan Esser as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12543 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14937) and Tenable (12543). The entries 21604, 21605, 21606 and 23204 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploiting
Class: Integer coercionCWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 12543
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OpenVAS ID: 53132
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 434-1 (gaim)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: kb.cert.orgResearcher: Stefan Esser
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0008 (🔍)
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X-Force: 14937
SecurityTracker: 1008850
Vulnerability Center: 14394 - Integer Overflow in Gaim via directIM Packets, Medium
SecurityFocus: 9489 - Gaim Multiple Remote Boundary Condition Error Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 10705 - Gaim Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 3734 - Gaim DirectIM AIM/Oscar Integer Buffer Overflow
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Entry
Created: 10/15/2014 15:09Updated: 06/29/2021 14:41
Changes: 10/15/2014 15:09 (76), 07/15/2019 12:25 (3), 06/29/2021 14:41 (3)
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