Psi-im PSI up to 0.12 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Psi-im PSI up to 0.12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6393. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Psi-im PSI up to 0.12. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PSI Jabber client before 0.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request with a negative value in a SOCKS5 option, which bypasses a signed integer check and triggers an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 12/23/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6393 since 03/03/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 70 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35785 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : psi (psi-6042)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116269 (Fedora Update for psi (FEDORA-2009-2295 FEDORA-2009-2285)).

Upgrading to version 0.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (7555), Tenable (35785), OSVDB (52922†), Secunia (SA33311†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21219†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 35785
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : psi (psi-6042)
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OpenVAS ID: 63606
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1741-1 (psi)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PSI 0.1.0

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12/23/2008 🔍
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12/24/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/03/2009 +69 days 🔍
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03/06/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/09/2009 +3 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2199 days 🔍
05/24/2025 +3721 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-6393 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6393
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46937

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Secunia: 33311 - Psi File Transfer Service Packet Parsing Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 52922 - Psi - Malformed Packet Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21219 - PSI Jabber client before 0.12.1 Remote DoS and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/24/2025 20:29
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/30/2019 13:02 (8), 11/20/2024 19:12 (19), 05/24/2025 20:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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