Rob Flynn Gaim up to 1.3.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Rob Flynn Gaim up to 1.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1269. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rob Flynn Gaim up to 1.3.0 (Messaging Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a Yahoo! message with non-ASCII characters in a file name.

The bug was discovered 06/10/2005. The weakness was released 06/16/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1269 since 04/25/2005. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18511 (RHEL 3 / 4 : gaim (RHSA-2005:518)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117919 (CentOS Security Update for Gaim (CESA-2005:518)).

Upgrading to version 1.3.1 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 (20968), Tenable (18511), SecurityFocus (BID 13931†), OSVDB (17236†) and Secunia (SA15648†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-25283. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 18511
Nessus Name: RHEL 3 / 4 : gaim (RHSA-2005:518)
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OpenVAS ID: 54003
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 734-1 (gaim)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gaim 1.3.1

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04/25/2005 🔍
06/10/2005 +46 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3554 days 🔍
06/06/2019 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1269 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1269
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25531

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X-Force: 20968
SecurityFocus: 13931 - Gaim Yahoo! Protocol Support File Download Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 15648
OSVDB: 17236 - Gaim non-ASCII filenames Yahoo denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 8352 - DoS in Gaim < 1.3.1 via Yahoo Message with Non-ASCII Characters, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/06/2019 17:55
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (76), 06/06/2019 17:55 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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