CVE-2008-6393

N/A Unknown
Published: March 03, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33311
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34119
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/34301
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33311
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34119
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/34301
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
23.1%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

jabber psi-im

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