CVE-2005-0966

high

Description

The IRC protocol plugin in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows (1) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Gaim markup via irc_msg_kick, irc_msg_mode, irc_msg_part, irc_msg_quit, (2) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Pango markup and pop up empty dialog boxes via irc_msg_invite, or (3) malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by injecting certain Pango markup into irc_msg_badmode, irc_msg_banned, irc_msg_unknown, irc_msg_nochan functions.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9185

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19939

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19937

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13003

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=235&release_id=317750

http://secunia.com/advisories/14815

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238715307356&w=2

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=14

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2018-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Severity: High