CVE-2004-0500

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0500
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-09-28 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.

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
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All amd64 All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10.3 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.50 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.51 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.52 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.53 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.54 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.55 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.56 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.57 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.58 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59.1 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.60 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.61 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.62 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.63 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.64 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.65 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.66 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.67 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.68 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.69 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.70 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.71 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.72 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.73 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.74 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.75 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fedoranews.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Gaim: New vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fedoranews.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesecure.net
Security Issues - gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gaim.sourceforge.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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