Cerulean Studios Trillian up to 3.1.11.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cerulean Studios Trillian. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-5401. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cerulean Studios Trillian (Messaging Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the image tooltip implementation in Trillian before 3.1.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long image filename, related to "AIM IMG Tag Parsing."

The bug was discovered 11/26/2008. The weakness was presented 12/04/2008 by Damian Put (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5401 since 12/08/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35042 (Trillian < 3.1.12.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.70 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6622.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47093), Tenable (35042), SecurityFocus (BID 32645†), OSVDB (50472†) and Secunia (SA33001†). See VDB-45370 and VDB-45369 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35042
Nessus Name: Trillian < 3.1.12.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800205
OpenVAS Name: Trillian Messenger Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Trillian 0.70
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Damian Put
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5401 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5401
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45368
X-Force: 47093
SecurityFocus: 32645 - Trillian Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33001 - Trillian Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50472 - Trillian AIM Module IMG Tag Parsing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1021335
Vulnerability Center: 20165 - Cerulean Studios Trillian < 3.1.12.0 Remote XML Tags Buffer Overflow, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3348

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 16:22
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (88), 08/21/2019 16:22 (1)
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