3730 : Gaim Yahoo Parser Buffer Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-01-27

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2004-0006" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) cookies in a Yahoo web connection, (2) a long name parameter in the Yahoo login web page, (3) a long value parameter in the Yahoo login page, (4) a YMSG packet, (5) the URL parser, and (6) HTTP proxy connect.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.76 when available. The FreeBSD security team has released an unoffcial patch which also corrects this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Other Solution URL: http://security.e-matters.de/patches/gaim-0.75-fix.diff
Secunia Advisory ID: 10705
CVE ID: 2004-0006 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=885370&group_id=235&atid=100235

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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