Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3891. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger 7.20 (Messaging Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an image filename between exactly 192 to 200 characters, which does not account for the "imgcache\" string that is added to the end of the buffer.

The weakness was published 11/21/2005 by Jaroslaw Sajko and Blazej Miga (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3891 since 11/29/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23149), SecurityFocus (BID 15520†), OSVDB (21016†) and Secunia (SA17597†). Similar entries are available at VDB-27166, VDB-27164, VDB-27163 and VDB-27162. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Messaging Software

Vendor

Gadu-Gadu

Name

Instant Messenger

Version

7.20

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2005-3891 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3891
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27165
X-Force: 23149 - Gadu-Gadu image filename buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 15520 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17597 - Gadu-Gadu Multiple Vulnerabilities and Weaknesses, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21016 - Gadu-Gadu Image Name Length Overflow DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/24/2018 13:03
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (54), 06/24/2018 13:03 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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