Google Talk memory allocation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Google Talk. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to memory allocation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-3899. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Talk (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The automatic update feature in Google Talk allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by poisoning a target s DNS cache and causing a large update file to be sent, which consumes large amounts of CPU and memory during the signature verification, aka BenjiBug.

The weakness was presented 11/29/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3899 since 11/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (23180). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/29/2005 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3389 days 🔍
07/30/2017 +872 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27173
X-Force: 23180 - Google Talk automatic update denial of service

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/30/2017 11:31
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (41), 07/30/2017 11:31 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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