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GLSA-200505-09 : Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilities

2005-05-1200:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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15

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.186

Percentile

96.2%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200505-09 (Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilities)

Stu Tomlinson discovered that Gaim is vulnerable to a remote stack     based buffer overflow when receiving messages in certain protocols,     like Jabber and SILC, with a very long URL (CAN-2005-1261). Siebe     Tolsma discovered that Gaim is also vulnerable to a remote Denial of     Service attack when receiving a specially crafted MSN message     (CAN-2005-1262).

Impact :

A remote attacker could cause a buffer overflow by sending an     instant message with a very long URL, potentially leading to the     execution of malicious code. By sending a SLP message with an empty     body, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service or crash of the     Gaim client.

Workaround :

There are no known workarounds at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-09.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(18252);
  script_version("1.17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1261", "CVE-2005-1262");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200505-09");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200505-09 : Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200505-09
(Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilities)

    Stu Tomlinson discovered that Gaim is vulnerable to a remote stack
    based buffer overflow when receiving messages in certain protocols,
    like Jabber and SILC, with a very long URL (CAN-2005-1261). Siebe
    Tolsma discovered that Gaim is also vulnerable to a remote Denial of
    Service attack when receiving a specially crafted MSN message
    (CAN-2005-1262).
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could cause a buffer overflow by sending an
    instant message with a very long URL, potentially leading to the
    execution of malicious code. By sending a SLP message with an empty
    body, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service or crash of the
    Gaim client.
  
Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-09"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/gaim-1.3.0'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gaim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/05/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/05/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/10");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-im/gaim", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.3.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.3.0"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Gaim");
}

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.186

Percentile

96.2%