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TI-2004-00006 Aliases CVE-2004-0006GHSA-q864-5rmm-c437

Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow…

Priority MEDIUM 43Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07605 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.75VulnerableRob Flynn
cpe:2.3:a:ultramagnetic:ultramagnetic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.81VulnerableUltramagnetic
  • cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.75 Vulnerable ·Rob Flynn
  • cpe:2.3:a:ultramagnetic:ultramagnetic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.81 Vulnerable ·Ultramagnetic

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2004:045 Released 2004-02-09 · Red Hat rating Critical
    gaim security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • RHSA-2004:032 Released 2004-01-26 · Red Hat rating Critical
    : Updated Gaim packages fix various vulnerabiliies
    • Red Hat Linux 9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2004:045
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2004:045
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2004:045
Red Hat Linux 9Fixed RHSA-2004:032
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2004:045

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0006
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q864-5rmm-c437

References

Patch 3

Advisory 14

Other 7

Sources

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