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[CLA-2004:884] Conectiva Security Announcement - gaim



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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : gaim
SUMMARY   : Fixes for gaim's vulnerabilities
DATE      : 2004-11-04 12:51:00
ID        : CLA-2004:884
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 9, 10

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DESCRIPTION
 Gaim[1] is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client.
 
 This announcement fixes several denial of service and buffer overflow
 vulnerabilities that were encountered in Gaim.
 
 The fixed vulnerabilities are:
 
 CAN-2004-0500[2]: Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins
 object.c and slp.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
 service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol
 messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.
 
 CAN-2004-0754[3]: Integer overflow in Gaim allows remote attackers to
 cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the
 size variable in Groupware server messages.
 
 CAN-2004-0784[4]: The smiley theme functionality in Gaim allows
 remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell
 metacharacters in the filename of the tar file that is dragged to the
 smiley selector.
 
 CAN-2004-0785[5]: Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim allow remote
 attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary
 code via Rich Text Format (RTF) messages, a long hostname for the
 local system as obtained from DNS, or a long URL that is not properly
 handled by the URL decoder.
 
 For further informations on Gaim's vulnerabilities, please refer to
 the project's security page[6].


SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all Gaim users upgrade their packages.
 
 IMPORTANT: Gaim must be restarted after the upgrade in order to close
 the vulnerabilities.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0500
 3.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0754
 4.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0784
 5.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0785
 6.http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/gaim-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-am-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-bg-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-ca-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-cs-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-da-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-de-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-en_AU-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-en_CA-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-en_GB-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-es-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-fi-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-fr-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-he-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-hi-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-hu-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-it-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-ja-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-ko-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-lt-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-mk-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-nl-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-no-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-pl-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-pt-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-pt_BR-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-ro-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-ru-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-sk-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-sl-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-sr-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-sv-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-vi-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-zh_CN-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/gaim-i18n-zh_TW-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/libgaim-remote-devel-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/libgaim-remote0-1.0.2-69982U10_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/gaim-1.0.2-27683U90_2cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/gaim-1.0.2-27683U90_2cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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