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A vulnerability was found in ekg up to 2005-06-05 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain architectures such as SPARC via an incoming message.
The weakness was disclosed 07/26/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2370 since 07/26/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19318 (Debian DSA-769-1 : gaim - memory alignment bug), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117888 (CentOS Security Update for kdenetwork (CESA-2005:639)).
Upgrading to version 1.6rc2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (19318). The entries 25933, 25861, 25858 and 37496 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 19318
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-769-1 : gaim - memory alignment bug
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OpenVAS ID: 58424
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1318-1 (ekg)
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Upgrade: ekg 1.6rc2
Timeline
07/26/2005 🔍07/26/2005 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2370 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 8856 - EKG Libgadu DoS via multiple memory alignment errors, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24600 - EKG Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16265
OSVDB: 18126 - libgadu on SPARC Incoming Message Memory Alignment Error
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/08/2019 09:10
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (74), 06/08/2019 09:10 (5)
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