Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-3888. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 (Messaging Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple DCC packets with a code other than 2 and a large size field, which allocates memory for the packet but does not free it after the packet has been dropped.

The weakness was disclosed 11/21/2005 by Blazej Miga and Jaroslaw Sajko (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3888 since 11/29/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23150), SecurityFocus (BID 15520†), OSVDB (21017†) and Secunia (SA17597†). The entries VDB-27166, VDB-27165, VDB-27164 and VDB-27163 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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06/24/2018 +1201 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Blazej Miga, Jaroslaw Sajko
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3888 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3888
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27162
X-Force: 23150 - Gadu-Gadu DCC packet denial of service
SecurityFocus: 15520 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17597 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Vulnerabilities and Weaknesses, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21017 - Gadu-Gadu Crafted CTCP Packet Saturation Memory Exhaustion DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/24/2018 13:02
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (55), 06/24/2018 13:02 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:431:103

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