CVE-2008-6393

NameCVE-2008-6393
DescriptionPSI 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1741-1
Debian Bugs518468

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
psi (PTS)bookworm, bullseye1.5+dfsg1-1fixed
sid, trixie1.5+dfsg1-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
psisourceetch(not affected)
psisourcelenny0.11-9DSA-1741-1
psisource(unstable)0.12.1-1low518468

Notes

[etch] - psi <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
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