Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:10865

Info

Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 10865
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0500
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 04 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 06:16AM
Credit: These vulnerabilities were discovered by the SuSE Security Team. Additional information provided by <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Rob Flynn Gaim 0.75
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.74
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.73
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.72
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.71
+ Redhat Fedora Core1
 Rob Flynn Gaim 0.70
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.69
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.68
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.67
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.66
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.65
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.64
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.63
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.62
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.61
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.60
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59.1
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59
+ Gentoo Linux 0.7
+ Gentoo Linux 0.5
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
+ Sun Linux 5.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.58
+ Debian Linux 3.0
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.57
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.56
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.55
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.54
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.53
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.52
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.51
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.50
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10.3
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10 x
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
Gentoo Linux 1.4
Not Vulnerable: Rob Flynn Gaim 0.82
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3

Discussion

Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

It is reported that there are multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the MSN protocol module in Gaim.

It is reported that several stack-based and heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist. These issues may result in buffer overflow vulnerabilities with to possibility of remote code execution in the context of the user executing the application. Denial of service vulnerabilites are also likely to exist.

This BID will be updated as further information becomes available.

Exploit / POC

Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
SUSE has released a security advisory (SUSE-SA:2004:025) to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200408-12 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information. Users of affected packages are urged to execute the following commands with superuser privileges:
emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1"
emerge ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1"

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2004:081 along with fixes addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

OpenBSD has included a patch to fix Gaim in the ports tree of OpenBSD-current as of 13 Aug 2004. This fix has not been ported to 3.4 or 3.5 at the time of this update.

Slackware has released advisory SSA:2004-239-01 dealing with this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Fedora Legacy has released advisory FLSA-2004:1237 along with fixes for RedHat Linux dealing with this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

The vendor has released Gaim 0.82 to address these issues.

Conectiva has released an advisory (CLA-2004:884) to address these and other various issues in gaim. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10 x

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10.3

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.50

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.51

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.52

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.53

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.54

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.55

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.56

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.57

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.58

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59.1

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.60

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.61

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.62

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.63

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.64

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.65

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.66

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.67

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.68

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.69

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.70

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.71

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.72

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.73

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.74

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.75

References

Gaim Multiple MSN Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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