FKIE_CVE-2004-0500

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-09-28 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:05
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=0
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:081
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_25_gaim.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10865Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16920
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9429
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:081
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_25_gaim.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10865Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16920
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9429
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rob_flynn gaim 0.10
rob_flynn gaim 0.10.3
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 0.57
rob_flynn gaim 0.58
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 0.66
rob_flynn gaim 0.67
rob_flynn gaim 0.68
rob_flynn gaim 0.69
rob_flynn gaim 0.70
rob_flynn gaim 0.71
rob_flynn gaim 0.72
rob_flynn gaim 0.73
rob_flynn gaim 0.74
rob_flynn gaim 0.75
gentoo linux 1.4
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 9.2
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 9.2
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 10.0
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 10.0
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