AOL Instant Messenger Remote Malformed GIF DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3008

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Versions 5.9.3797 and lower are reported vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service (DoS) attack. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need to be able to initiate an GIF image exchange with a vulnerable AOL IM client. Successful exploitation would result in the Instant Messenger client crashing.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3008

Family: Internet Messengers

Published: 6/7/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 18432

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:aol:aim

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1891

BID: 13880

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