First published: Thu Jan 29 2004(Updated: )
Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) cookies in a Yahoo web connection, (2) a long name parameter in the Yahoo login web page, (3) a long value parameter in the Yahoo login page, (4) a YMSG packet, (5) the URL parser, and (6) HTTP proxy connect.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Ultramagnetic Ultramagnetic | <=0.81 | |
Gaim | <=0.75 |
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CVE-2004-0006 has a high severity rating due to the potential for remote code execution and denial of service.
To fix CVE-2004-0006, upgrade Gaim to version 0.76 or later and Ultramagnetic to version 0.81 or later.
CVE-2004-0006 affects Gaim version 0.75 and earlier, as well as Ultramagnetic version 0.81 and earlier.
CVE-2004-0006 allows remote attackers to exploit buffer overflows, leading to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution.
There are no known workarounds for CVE-2004-0006, so it is recommended to apply the software updates.