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FreeBSD : gaim -- MSN denial-of-service vulnerabilities (f2d6a5e1-26b9-11d9-9289-000c41e2cdad)

2005-07-13T00:00:00
ID FREEBSD_PKG_F2D6A5E126B911D99289000C41E2CDAD.NASL
Type nessus
Reporter Tenable
Modified 2018-11-10T00:00:00

Description

The Gaim team discovered denial-of-service vulnerabilities in the MSN protocol handler :

After accepting a file transfer request, Gaim will attempt to allocate a buffer of a size equal to the entire filesize, this allocation attempt will cause Gaim to crash if the size exceeds the amount of available memory.

Gaim allocates a buffer for the payload of each message received based on the size field in the header of the message. A malicious peer could specify an invalid size that exceeds the amount of available memory.

                                        
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(19168);
  script_version("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:40");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : gaim -- MSN denial-of-service vulnerabilities (f2d6a5e1-26b9-11d9-9289-000c41e2cdad)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The Gaim team discovered denial-of-service vulnerabilities in the MSN
protocol handler :

After accepting a file transfer request, Gaim will attempt to allocate
a buffer of a size equal to the entire filesize, this allocation
attempt will cause Gaim to crash if the size exceeds the amount of
available memory.

Gaim allocates a buffer for the payload of each message received based
on the size field in the header of the message. A malicious peer could
specify an invalid size that exceeds the amount of available memory."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=7"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=8"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/f2d6a5e1-26b9-11d9-9289-000c41e2cdad.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1fefcd77"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gaim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gaim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-gaim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ko-gaim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ru-gaim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/10/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/10/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gaim<1.0.2")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ja-gaim<1.0.2")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ko-gaim<1.0.2")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ru-gaim<1.0.2")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gaim>20030000")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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