high
7.5
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other 119
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2005-1261: Buffer Overflow

First published: Wed May 11 2005(Updated: )

Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL parsing function in Gaim before 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an instant message (IM) with a large URL.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Gaim=1.1.4
Gaim=1.0.2
Gaim=0.81
Gaim=0.71
Gaim=0.10.3
Gaim=0.79
Gaim=0.61
Gaim=0.82.1
Gaim=0.53
Gaim=0.73
Gaim=1.1.2
Gaim=0.60
Gaim=1.0.1
Gaim=0.69
Gaim=0.52
Gaim=1.1.0
Gaim=1.2.1
Gaim=0.72
Gaim=0.65
Gaim=0.59
Gaim=0.62
Gaim=0.78
Gaim=0.74
Gaim=0.76
Gaim=0.51
Gaim=0.56
Gaim=0.54
Gaim=1.1.3
Gaim=1.2.0
Gaim=1.0.3
Gaim=1.0.0
Gaim=0.55
Gaim=0.82
Gaim=0.68
Gaim=0.77
Gaim=0.80
Gaim=0.67
Gaim=0.10
Gaim=0.59.1
Gaim=1.1.1
Gaim=0.70
Gaim=0.50
Gaim=0.66
Gaim=0.63
Gaim=0.64
Gaim=0.58
Gaim=0.75
Gaim=0.57

Remedy

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=16

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