Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3889. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 (Messaging Software). 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:

Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple DCC packets with a code of 6 or 7, which triggers a large number of popup windows to the user and creates a large number of threads.

The weakness was presented 11/21/2005 by Blazej Miga and Jaroslaw Sajko (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3889 since 11/29/2005. 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 is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23152), SecurityFocus (BID 15520†), OSVDB (21018†) and Secunia (SA17597†). See VDB-27166, VDB-27165, VDB-27164 and VDB-27162 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Unproven

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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2005-3889 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3889
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27163
X-Force: 23152 - Gadu-Gadu DCC popup denial of service
SecurityFocus: 15520 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17597 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Vulnerabilities and Weaknesses, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21018 - Gadu-Gadu DCC Packet Saturation Thread 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 (54), 06/24/2018 13:02 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:241:103

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