63 lines
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63 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200408-12">
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<title>Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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Gaim contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the
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MSN-protocol parsing code that may allow remote execution of arbitrary
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code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gaim</product>
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<announced>2004-08-12</announced>
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<revised count="03">2006-05-22</revised>
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<bug>60034</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-im/gaim" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.81-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">0.81</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux which
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supports many instant messaging protocols.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team has discovered a remotely
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exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the code handling MSN
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protocol parsing.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By sending a carefully-crafted message, an attacker may execute
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arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gaim.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
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upgrade to the latest available version of Gaim.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1"
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# emerge ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8382">OSVDB ID: 8382</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0500">CVE-2004-0500</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-08-12T16:07:01Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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