CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Rob Flynn Gaim (Messaging Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Gaim before 0.82 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long HTTP Content-Length header, which causes Gaim to abort when attempting to allocate memory.
The weakness was disclosed 08/26/2004 by infamous41md (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2589 since 11/28/2005. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14373 (Fedora Core 1 : gaim-0.82-0.FC1 (2004-278)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 0.82 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17150) and Tenable (14373). The entries 22313, 22322 and 22323 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 0.10
- 0.10.3
- 0.50
- 0.51
- 0.52
- 0.53
- 0.54
- 0.55
- 0.56
- 0.57
- 0.58
- 0.59
- 0.59.1
- 0.60
- 0.61
- 0.62
- 0.63
- 0.64
- 0.65
- 0.66
- 0.67
- 0.68
- 0.69
- 0.70
- 0.71
- 0.72
- 0.73
- 0.74
- 0.75
- 0.76
- 0.77
- 0.78
- 0.79
- 0.80
- 0.81
- 0.82
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 14373
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 1 : gaim-0.82-0.FC1 (2004-278)
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Gaim 0.82
Timeline
08/26/2004 🔍08/26/2004 🔍
08/26/2004 🔍
08/26/2004 🔍
08/27/2004 🔍
08/27/2004 🔍
08/28/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 🔍
11/28/2005 🔍
03/09/2015 🔍
06/30/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: infamous41md
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2004-2589 (🔍)
X-Force: 17150 - Gaim HTTP Content-Length header denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1011083
SecurityFocus: 11056
Secunia: 12383 - Slackware update for gaim, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 9264 - Gaim Content-Length Header DoS
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Entry
Created: 03/09/2015 16:55Updated: 06/30/2018 09:11
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (67), 06/30/2018 09:11 (9)
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