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FreeBSD : gaim -- remote DoS on receiving certain messages over IRC (ec09baa3-a9f5-11d9-a788-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19153

Synopsis

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

Description

The GAIM team reports :

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=14

http://www.nessus.org/u?590251af

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19153

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ec09baa3a9f511d9a7880001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0966

BID: 13003