Gaim Multiple Vulnerabilities

BID:11056

Info

Gaim Multiple Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 11056
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0784
CVE-2004-0754
CVE-2004-0785
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 26 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 06:17AM
Credit: These issues were disclosed by the vendor.
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
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 Vulnerabilities

Gaim version 0.82 has been released. This version addressed various security vulnerabilities.

The following specific issues have been disclosed by the vendor:

Gaim is reported prone to a remote arbitrary command execution vulnerability during the installation of a smiley theme.

The Gaim client is reported prone to a remote heap overflow vulnerability when processing data from a groupware server.

A remote buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the URI parsing utility.

A buffer overflow vulnerability arises when the application performs a DNS query to obtain a hostname when signing on to zephyr.

Another buffer overflow presents itself when the application processes Rich Text Format (RTF) messages.

A malicious server can trigger a buffer overflow vulnerability in Gaim by supplying an excessive value for the 'content-length' header.

These issues affect Gaim versions prior to 0.82. Some of these issues may have been reported previously. This BID will be updated and divided into individual BIDs as more information becomes available.

Exploit / POC

Gaim Multiple 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Gaim Multiple Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released Gaim 0.82 to address these issues.

RedHat has released advisories (FEDORA-2004-278, FEDORA-2004-279) for Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 2. Pleas see the referenced advisories for more information.

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

Gentoo has released an advisory to address these issues. Please see the referenced advisory to more information. Gentoo users can carry out the following commands to update their computers:

emerge sync
emerge -pv ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r5"
emerge ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r5"

For more information please see the referenced Gentoo advisory.

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.

Mandrake has released an advisory (MDKSA-2004:110) to address these issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

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 Vulnerabilities

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