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CVE-2004-0891

Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execut…

Impact

Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Rob FlynnGaim
Versions 0.10, 0.10.3, 0.50, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53
GentooLinux
All versions
Version 1.4
SlackwareSlackware Linux
Versions 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, current
UbuntuUbuntu Linux
Version 4.1

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