Gaim Remote URI Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:13590

Info

Gaim Remote URI Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13590
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1261
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 11 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 22 2006 12:04AM
Credit: Stu Tomlinson is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.3
SuSE Linux 6.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.0
SuSE Linux 5.3
SuSE Linux 5.2
SuSE Linux 5.1
SuSE Linux 5.0
SuSE Linux 4.4.1
SuSE Linux 4.4
SuSE Linux 4.3
SuSE Linux 4.2
SuSE Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux 3.0
SuSE Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 1.0
SGI ProPack 3.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server III
S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server 3.1
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 7.3
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
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Office Server
S.u.S.E. Linux IMAP Server 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
Rob Flynn Gaim 1.2.1
Rob Flynn Gaim 1.2
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
 Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.3
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 + Redhat Fedora Core2
 Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.2
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
Rob Flynn Gaim 1.0
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 0.78
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
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
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 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Not Vulnerable: Rob Flynn Gaim 1.3 .0

Discussion

Gaim Remote URI Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Gaim is susceptible to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling long URIs. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied input data before copying it to a fixed-size stack buffer.

Due to Gaim's multiple protocol support and to the nature of the differing IM protocols, only some of the IM networks are reported vulnerable (because of the message-length limits imposed by the IM networks). Currently, the Jabber and SILC IM network protocols are known to be vulnerable. Other protocols may also be affected.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected application.

Gaim versions prior to 1.3.0 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Gaim Remote URI Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following denial of service proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

Gaim Remote URI Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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


Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10 x

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 0.59

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 0.70

Rob Flynn Gaim 0.71

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 1.0.2

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.3

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.4

Rob Flynn Gaim 1.2

References

Gaim Remote URI Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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