FreeBSD : gaim -- Yahoo! remote crash vulnerability (2701611f-df5c-11d9-b875-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18876

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Jacopo Ottaviani reports that Gaim can be crashed by being offered files with names containing non-ASCII characters via the Yahoo! protocol.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18876

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2701611fdf5c11d9b8750001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gaim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-gaim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ko-gaim, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-gaim, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1269

BID: 13931

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