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title: "CVE-2005-0966\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0966

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The IRC protocol plugin in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions,
allows (1) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Gaim markup via
irc\_msg\_kick, irc\_msg\_mode, irc\_msg\_part, irc\_msg\_quit, (2) remote
attackers to inject arbitrary Pango markup and pop up empty dialog boxes
via irc\_msg\_invite, or (3) malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) by injecting certain Pango markup into
irc\_msg\_badmode, irc\_msg\_banned, irc\_msg\_unknown, irc\_msg\_nochan functions.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gaim | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0966)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0966)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0966)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0966)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-106-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-106-1)
+ Gaim vulnerabilities
+ 5 April 2005

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0966>