Vulnerability CVE-2005-2103
Published: 2005-08-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Rob flynn -> GAIM 

 References:
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/
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