ID CVE-2005-0966
Summary 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
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 6.4 (as of 19-10-2018 - 15:31)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:18:26.176-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
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.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9185
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title 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.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
rhsa
id RHSA-2005:365
refmap via4
bid 13003
bugtraq 20050401 multiple remote denial of service vulnerabilities in Gaim
confirm
fedora FLSA:158543
mandrake MDKSA-2005:071
secunia 14815
suse SUSE-SA:2005:036
xf
  • gaim-irc-plugin-bo(19937)
  • gaim-ircmsginvite-dos(19939)
Last major update 19-10-2018 - 15:31
Published 02-05-2005 - 04:00
Last modified 19-10-2018 - 15:31
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