CVE-2004-0008

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0008
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-03-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rob Flynn Gaim All All All All
Application Ultramagnetic Ultramagnetic All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GAIM 0.75 Remote overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
e-matters : SECURITY af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.e-matters.de Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#779614 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.osvdb.org/3734 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Ultramagnetic Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Gaim Contains Multiple Overflows That Let a Remote User Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #0994 - [Full-Disclosure] Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'Ultramagnetic Advisory #001: Multiple vulnerabilities in Gaim code' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-434-1 gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[slackware-security] GAIM security update (SSA:2004-026-01)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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