GAIM 0.75 Remote overflows

Background Gaim is a multi-platform and multi-protocol instant messaging client. It is compatible with AIM , ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and the Zephyr networks. Description Yahoo changed the authentication methods to their IM servers, rendering GAIM useless. The GAIM team...

Several remotely exploitable buffer overflows in gaim

Stefan Esser of e-matters found almost a dozen remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Gaim. From the e-matters advisory: While developing a custom add-on, an integer overflow in the handling of AIM DirectIM packets was revealed that could lead to a remote compromise of the IM client. After...

GAIM information leak

IRC plugins registers user's IP and accoun...

Gaim IRC Local Account Information Leakage

When logging into IRC via gaim, gaim registers the user with their valid local account id as well as the nick chosen by the end user. This is revealed when an attacker asks for information regarding the victim. Given that the host name DNS/IP is also registered, an attacker now knows both the...

gaimexploit.txt

It has come to my attention that people have actually used this example code for a gaim plugin: AIM::register"Festival TTS", "0.0.1", "goodbye", ""; AIM::print"Perl Says", "Loaded Festival TTS"; AIM::command"idle", "60000" if $pro ne "Offline"; AIM::addeventhandler"eventimrecv", "synthesize"; sub...

[Full-Disclosure] Gaim festival plugin exploit

It has come to my attention that people have actually used this example code for a gaim plugin: AIM::register"Festival TTS", "0.0.1", "goodbye", ""; AIM::print"Perl Says", "Loaded Festival TTS"; AIM::command"idle", "60000" if $pro ne "Offline"; AIM::addeventhandler"eventimrecv", "synthesize"; sub...

Gaim festival plugin code execution

Published plugin example allows code execution...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : : : Updated gaim client fixes vulnerabilities

Updated gaim packages that fix a number of vulnerabilities are now available for Red Hat Linux on IBM iSeries and pSeries systems. Gaim is an all-in-one instant messaging client that lets you use a number of messaging protocols such as AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo, all at once. Versions of gaim prior to...

CVE-2003-0163

decryptmsg for the Gaim-Encryption GAIM plugin 1.15 and earlier does not properly validate a message length parameter, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a negative length, which overwrites arbitrary heap memory with a zero byte...

CVE-2003-0163

decryptmsg for the Gaim-Encryption GAIM plugin 1.15 and earlier does not properly validate a message length parameter, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a negative length, which overwrites arbitrary heap memory with a zero byte...

CVE-2003-0163

The CVE affects the Gaim-Encryption plugin (versions 1.15 and earlier). The underlying issue is insufficient validation of the message length parameter in decrypt_msg, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by writing a zero byte into arbitrary heap memory when a negative length ...

R7-0013: Heap Corruption in Gaim-Encryption Plugin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rapid7, Inc. Security Advisory Visit http://www.rapid7.com/ to download NeXpose, the world's most advanced vulnerability scanner. Linux and Windows 2000/XP versions are available now! Rapid7 Advisory R7-0013 Heap Corruption in Gaim-Encryption Plugin...

Gaim buffer overflow DoS

Insuficient message length check leads to heap corruption...

CVE-2002-0377

Gaim 0.57 stores sensitive information in world-readable and group-writable files in the /tmp directory, which allows local users to access MSN web email accounts of other users who run Gaim by reading authentication information from the files...

CVE-2002-0989

The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link...

CVE-2002-0989

CVE-2002-0989 affects Gaim prior to 0.59.1. The vulnerability lies in the URL handler of the manual browser option, where a crafted link containing shell metacharacters can lead to remote command execution. References from Red Hat, Debian, Mandrake, and Red Hat advisories indicate updating to 0.5...

CVE-2002-0377

CVE-2002-0377 affects Gaim 0.57, where sensitive data is written to world-readable and group-writable files in /tmp, enabling local users to read authentication information and access MSN web email accounts of other users. The underlying issue is insecure file permissions leading to information d...

CVE-2002-0384

Buffer overflow in Jabber plug-in for Gaim client before 0.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2002-0989

The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated gaim client fixes URL vulnerability

Updated gaim packages are now available for Red Hat Powertools 7. These updates fix a vulnerability in the URL handler. Gaim is an all-in-one instant messaging client that lets you use a number of messaging protocols such as AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo, all at once. Versions of gaim prior to 0.59.1 conta...