3730 : Gaim Yahoo Parser Buffer Overflow
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Jan 27, 2004

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : 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.

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Attack Type: Input Manipulation

Solution

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

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