| Name | CVE-2005-1852 |
| Description | Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-767-1, DTSA-4-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 318970, 319443 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekg (PTS) | jessie | 1:1.9~pre+r2855-2 | fixed |
| stretch | 1:1.9~pre+r2855-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ekg | source | sarge | 1:1.5+20050411-5 | medium | DSA-767-1 | |
| ekg | source | etch | 1:1.5+20050808+1.6rc3-0etch1 | high | DTSA-4-1 | |
| ekg | source | (unstable) | 1:1.5+20050712+1.6rc3-1 | medium | 318970 | |
| kdenetwork | source | (unstable) | 4:3.3.2-5 | unimportant | 319443 |
Kopete embeds the vulnerable code, but it's only used as a fallback when
no shared lib version is found. As the Debian package has a dependency on
it the maintainer does not intent to fix it, see # 319443