Gaim MSN Remote File Transfer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:11483

Info

Gaim MSN Remote File Transfer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11483
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 20 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 20 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The individual responsible for the discovery of this issue is currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.1
+ Redhat Desktop 3.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
 Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 Rob Flynn Gaim 0.82.1
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
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
Not Vulnerable: Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.2
+ Gentoo Linux
+ Slackware Linux 10.0
+ Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux -current

Discussion

Gaim MSN Remote File Transfer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Gaim is affected by a remote MSN file transfer denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly handle exceptional conditions.

An attacker may leverage this issue to cause an affected client to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Gaim MSN Remote File Transfer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Gaim MSN Remote File Transfer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update resolving this issue.


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

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.82

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.82.1

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.1

References

Gaim MSN Remote File Transfer Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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