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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0006 · published 3 March 2004

CVE-2004-0006: Rob flynn gaim vulnerability

Rob Flynn · Gaim

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.6% · top 5.7%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
7.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
68References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107522432613022&w=2
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200401-04.xml Vendor Advisory
http://ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net/advisories/001.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/297198 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/371382 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/444158 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/503030 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527142 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/871838 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:006
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_04_gaim.html
http://www.osvdb.org/3731
http://www.osvdb.org/3732
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-032.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-033.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-045.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9489
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.361158
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14940
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14941
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14943
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14947
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10222
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A818
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107522432613022&w=2

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0006), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.