CVE - CVE-2005-2103

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-2103	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:14531 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531 MISC:FLSA:158543 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded MISC:RHSA-2005:589 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html MISC:RHSA-2005:627 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2005:019 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html MISC:USN-168-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/ MISC:http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22 URL:http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11477 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20050630	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050630)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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