CVE-2004-0891

Critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability—
ProductRob Flynn Gaim
PublishedJan 27, 2005
First seenJan 27, 2005

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rob_flynn gaim0.10, 0.10.3, 0.50, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.54, 0.55, 0.56, 0.57, 0.58, 0.59, 0.59.1, 0.60, 0.61, 0.62, 0.63, 0.64, 0.65, 0.66, 0.67, 0.68, 0.69, 0.70, 0.71, 0.72, 0.73, 0.74, 0.75, 0.78, 0.82, 0.82.1, 1.0, 1.0.1—
gentoo linuxNo range specified, 1.4—
slackware slackware_linux9.0, 9.1, 10.0, current—
ubuntu ubuntu_linux4.1—

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