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Critical
CVE-2008-6393
PSI Jabber client before 0.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause...
Vulnerability Description
PSI Jabber client before 0.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request with a negative value in a SOCKS5 option, which bypasses a signed integer check and triggers an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34301
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5
- http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33311
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34119
Affected Vendor
psi-im
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psi
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1.0, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.11
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 3rd, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.