PT-2003-1409 · Gaim · Gaim-Encryption

Published 2003-04-15 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0163

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Gaim-Encryption GAIM plugin version 1.15 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to the decrypt msg function, which does not properly validate a message length parameter. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a message with a negative length, resulting in the overwrite of arbitrary heap memory with a zero byte.

Recommendations: For Gaim-Encryption GAIM plugin version 1.15 and earlier, consider disabling the decrypt msg function until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0163

Affected Products

Gaim-Encryption

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0163 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/7182 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0013.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013281120352&w=2 · Note