PT-2005-3043 · Gaim+1 · Gaim+1

Published 2005-08-09 · Updated 2025-01-16 · CVE-2005-2103

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Gaim versions prior to 1.5.0

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to application crashes, and may also enable the execution of arbitrary code. This is achieved by sending an away message that includes a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.5.0, update to version 1.5.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of away messages with AIM substitution strings until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-131

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2103

DTSA-5-1

RHSA-2005_627

Affected Products

Gaim

Red Hat

References · 18

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/26139 · Exploit
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03133 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2103 · Security Note
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03132 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2102.html · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2103.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/69774 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107693 · Telegram Post
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14531 · Note