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CVE-2005-0208

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2005-04-25	gaim -- remote DoS on receiving malformed HTML

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CVE-2005-0208 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-0208
Phase	Assigned(20050201)

Description

The HTML parsing functions in Gaim before 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed HTML that causes "an invalid memory access," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0473.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=12
CONECTIVA	CLA-2005:933
FEDORA	FLSA:158543
GENTOO	GLSA-200503-03
MANDRAKE	MDKSA-2005:049
REDHAT	RHSA-2005:215
BUGTRAQ	20050225 [USN-85-1] Gaim vulnerabilities
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2005:036
CERT-VN	VU#795812
BID	12660
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10477
SECUNIA	14386