CVE-2004-0891

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0891
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All 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
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.78 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.82 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.82.1 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux current All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Issues - gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gaim.sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
usn/usn-8-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.fedora.us
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Gaim: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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