CVE-2005-1852

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1852
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-26 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message.

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: CWE-189 | 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 Centericq Centericq All All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.0 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.0_rc2 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.0_rc3 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.1 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.1_rc1 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.1_rc2 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.3 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.4 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.5 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.5_rc1 All All All
Application Ekg Ekg 1.5_rc2 All All All
Application Kadu Kadu All All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.2.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.3.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.4.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, EKG, libgadu: Remote code execution in Gadu library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for gnugadu/kadu/ekg/libgadu/centericq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
LWN: Fedora alert FEDORA-2005-624 (kdenetwork) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
EKG LIbGadu Multiple Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - KDE Kopete update for libgadu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for kopete af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Kopete: Vulnerability in included Gadu library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - ekg libgadu Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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