Description
libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830 ↗