CVE-2004-0500 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via malformed MSNSLP protocol messages in Gaim.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0500?
CVE-2004-0500 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 2 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0500?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Gentoo Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Rob Flynn Gaim.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0500?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-0500 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0500 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpr4-jj9p-gwfc.