Gaim Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:12660

Info

Gaim Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12660
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-0208
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 25 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 22 2006 12:04AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.3
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 + Redhat Fedora Core2
 Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.2
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 + Redhat Fedora Core2
 Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.1
Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.2
+ Gentoo Linux
+ Slackware Linux 10.0
+ Slackware Linux 9.1
+ Slackware Linux 9.0
+ Slackware Linux -current
 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 0.77
Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59.8
+ 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
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Peachtree Linux release 1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Not Vulnerable: Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.4
+ Gentoo Linux
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64

Discussion

Gaim Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Gaim is affected by a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue can allow remote attackers to crash an affected client.

A vulnerability in the client arises during the parsing of malformed HTML data. This issue is nearly identical to that reported in BID 12589, but is a separate issue.

Gaim versions prior to 1.1.4 are affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

Gaim Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Gaim Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor upgrades are available. Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59.8

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.77

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.1

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0.2

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.1

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.2

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.3

References

Gaim Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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