OSVDB ID: 13924

Title: Gaim Malformed HTML Parsing DoS

Info

Disclosure

Feb 17, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Unknown or Incomplete

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1013235
Related OSVDB ID: 13923
Secunia Advisory ID: 14322 14374 14410 14446 14563
CVE ID: 2005-0473 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000933
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-03.xml
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-85-1
Vendor URL: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=11
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-215.html
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:049

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/13924