RHSA-2004:045

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2004-02-09 18:36 - Updated: 2026-02-16 19:43
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: gaim security update
Severity
Critical
Notes
Topic: Updated Gaim packages that fix a pair of security vulnerabilities are now available.
Details: Gaim is an instant messenger client that can handle multiple protocols. Stefan Esser audited the Gaim source code and found a number of bugs that have security implications. Many of these bugs do not affect the version of Gaim distributed with version 2.1 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A buffer overflow exists in the HTTP Proxy connect code. If Gaim is configured to use an HTTP proxy for connecting to a server, a malicious HTTP proxy could run arbitrary code as the user running Gaim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0006 to this issue. An integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, when allocating memory for a directIM packet for AIM/Oscar, results in heap overflow. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0008 to this issue. Users of Gaim should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch correcting this issue. Red Hat would like to thank Steffan Esser for finding and reporting these issues and Jacques A. Vidrine for providing initial patches.
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CVE-2004-0006

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.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Moderate
CVE-2004-0008

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products
Fixed 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2004-0006
Threats
Impact Critical
References
Acknowledgments
Steffan Esser Jacques A. Vidrine
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