SUSE-SA:2004:025: gaim

high Nessus Plugin ID 14264

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2004:025 (gaim).

Gaim is an instant messaging client which supports a wide range of protocols.

Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team discovered various remotely exploitable buffer overflows in the MSN-protocol parsing functions during a code review of the MSN protocol handling code.

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code as the user running the gaim client.

The vulnerable code exists in SUSE Linux 9.1 only.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_25_gaim.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14264

File Name: suse_SA_2004_025.nasl

Version: 1.14

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0500

BID: 10865

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