Gaim HTTP proxy buffer overflow
| gaim-http-proxy-bo (14947) |  High Risk |
Description:
Gaim is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP proxy (http_canread function) subsystem. A remote attacker with a proxy server can send a specially-crafted input to overwrite the buffer and gain control of the instruction pointer.
Platforms Affected:
- Conectiva, Linux 8.0
- Conectiva, Linux 9.0
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Gaim Project, Gaim 0.75 and prior
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 9.1 PPC
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 9.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 9.2
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 9.2 AMD64
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AW
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Linux 9.0
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Slackware, Slackware Linux 9.0
- Slackware, Slackware Linux 9.1
- Slackware, Slackware Linux current
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 8.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 8.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 8.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
Remedy:
Download and install the latest version of Gaim after version 0.75, as listed on the Sourceforge Gaim Web Site. See References.
For Slackware Linux:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to slackware-security Mailing List, Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:14:45 -0800 (PST) for more information. See References.
Slackware Linux 9.0: 0.75-i386-1 or later
Slackware Linux 9.1 and current: 0.75-i486-1 or later
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:032-04 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Linux 9: 0.75-0.9.0 or later
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:033-04 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3), ES (v. 3), and WS (v. 3): 0.75-3.2.0 or later
For Red Hat Linux containing the gaim package:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:045-04 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1), ES (v.2.1), WS (v.2.1), and Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor: 0.59.1-0.2.2 or later
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of gaim (0.75-r7 or later), as listed in Gentoo Linux Security Announcement 200401-04. See References.
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:006-1 : gaim for more information. See References.
Mandrake Linux 9.1: 0.75-1.2.91mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 9.2: 0.75-1.2.92mdk or later
For SuSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to SuSE Security Announcement SuSE-SA:2004:004 for more information. See References.
SuSE Linux 9.0 (Intel): 0.67-65 or later
SuSE Linux 8.2: 0.59.8-60 or later
SuSE Linux 8.1: 0.59-158 or later
SuSE Linux 8.0: 0.50-187 or later
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to DSA-434-1 for more information. See References.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody): 0.58-2.4 or later
For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest gaim package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:813 for more information. See References.
Conectiva Linux 8: 0.59.8-1U80_1cl or later
Conectiva Linux 9: 0.75-27683U90_1cl or later
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:813, gaim at http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000813.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Jan 26 2004 - 02:44:42 CST, Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html.
- Gentoo Linux Security Announcement 200401-04, GAIM 0.75 Remote overflows at http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/105690/104/. (From LinuxSecurity archive)
- slackware-security Mailing List, Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:14:45 -0800 (PST), GAIM security update (SSA:2004-026-01) at http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.361158.
- BID-9489: Gaim Multiple Remote Boundary Condition Error Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-0006: 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.
- DSA-434: gaim -- several vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2004:006: Updated gaim packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2004:006-1: Updated gaim packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 3731: Gaim URL Parser Function Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 3732: Gaim HTTP Proxy Connect Overflow
- RHSA-2004-032: Updated Gaim packages fix various vulnerabiliies
- RHSA-2004-033: gaim security update
- RHSA-2004-045: gaim security update
- SECTRACK ID: 1008850: Gaim Contains Multiple Overflows That Let a Remote User Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2004:004: gaim: remote system compromise
- US-CERT VU#297198: Gaim fails to properly validate the value parameter in the Yahoo login webpage
- US-CERT VU#371382: Gaim fails to properly validate the name parameter in the Yahoo login webpage
- US-CERT VU#444158: Gaim contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the http_canread() function
- US-CERT VU#503030: Gaim fails to properly parse cookies in Yahoo web connections
- US-CERT VU#527142: Gaim contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the yahoo_packet_read() function
- US-CERT VU#871838: Gaim contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the gaim_url_parse() function
Reported:
Jan 26, 2004
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