CVE-2008-6393

Public Exploit

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.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 25.46% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 third party advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34301 third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555 exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563 mailing list exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5 mailing list exploit
http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/33311 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34119 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-6393?
CVE-2008-6393 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-6393?
To fix CVE-2008-6393, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-6393 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-6393 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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