Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0500
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.050 (92.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 1.4
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 9.2, 10.0
- Rob Flynn Gaim — versions 0.10, 0.10.3, 0.50
References
- www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml (vendor-advisory)
- www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml (vendor-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_25_gaim.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php (vendor-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- gaim.sourceforge.net/security/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16920 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9429 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html (vendor-advisory)