- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues Date: March 01, 2005 Bugs: #83253 ID: 200503-03 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gaim which could allow a remote attacker to crash the application. Background ========== Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a variety of instant messaging protocols. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/gaim < 1.1.4 >= 1.1.4 Description =========== Specially crafted SNAC packets sent by other instant-messaging users can cause Gaim to loop endlessly (CAN-2005-0472). Malformed HTML code could lead to invalid memory accesses (CAN-2005-0208 and CAN-2005-0473). Impact ====== Remote attackers could exploit these issues, resulting in a Denial of Service. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.1.4" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0208 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0208 [ 2 ] CAN-2005-0472 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0472 [ 3 ] CAN-2005-0473 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0473 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-03.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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