Rob Flynn Gaim 1.2.0 Protocol Plugin denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Rob Flynn Gaim 1.2.0 (Messaging Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Protocol Plugin. 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 integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The IRC protocol plugin in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows (1) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Gaim markup via irc_msg_kick, irc_msg_mode, irc_msg_part, irc_msg_quit, (2) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Pango markup and pop up empty dialog boxes via irc_msg_invite, or (3) malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by injecting certain Pango markup into irc_msg_badmode, irc_msg_banned, irc_msg_unknown, irc_msg_nochan functions.

The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0966 since 04/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19153 (FreeBSD : gaim -- remote DoS on receiving certain messages over IRC (ec09baa3-a9f5-11d9-a788-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117959 (CentOS Security Update for Gaim (CESA-2005:365)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19939) and Tenable (19153). The entries 24758 and 24756 are pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 19153
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : gaim -- remote DoS on receiving certain messages over IRC (ec09baa3-a9f5-11d9-a788-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52141
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: gaim, ja-gaim, ko-gaim, ru-gaim
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Advisory: sourceforge.net
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CVE: CVE-2005-0966 (🔍)
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X-Force: 19939
Vulnerability Center: 7549 - Markup Language Injection in Gaim 1.2.0, High
SecurityFocus: 13003 - Gaim IRC Protocol Plug-in Markup Language Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 14815 - Gaim Multiple Denial of Service Weaknesses, Not Critical
OSVDB: 15279 - Gaim irc_msg_invite Function Arbitrary Pango Markup Injection

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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/31/2019 11:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (79), 05/31/2019 11:14 (4)
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