CVE-2003-0163 Information

Description

decrypt_msg for the Gaim-Encryption GAIM plugin 1.15 and earlier does not properly validate a message length parameter which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative length which overwrites arbitrary heap memory with a zero byte.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013281120352&w=2 http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0013.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7182