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published date: March 14, 2005

CVE-2005-0473 : Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description

The HTML parsing functions in Gaim before 1.1.3 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-2005-0208.

Product(s):

  • Rob Flynn GAIM 1.0.1
  • Rob Flynn GAIM 1.0
  • Rob Flynn GAIM 1.1.1
  • Rob Flynn GAIM 1.1.2
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0
  • Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 on AMD64

Question to Ask Vendors:

  1. Can you confirm whether your systems are affected by CVE-2005-0473, and if so, what steps are you currently taking to mitigate this vulnerability?
  2. What is your estimated timeline for fully resolving CVE-2005-0473 in your products or services, and how will you communicate updates on this issue to us as your customer?

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