Gaim < 1.1.3 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2631

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host appears to be running Gaim, a popular open-source multi-protocol instant messenger. It is reported that this version of Gaim is prone to multiple Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to disable this client remotely. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to initiate a chat session with the Gaim client. A successful exploit would result in the Gaim client crashing.

Solution

Update to Gaim 1.1.3 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2631

Family: Internet Messengers

Published: 2/21/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:rob_flynn:gaim

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0472, CVE-2005-0473

BID: 12589

Detections

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