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<glsa id="200504-05">
<title>Gaim: Denial of Service issues</title>
<synopsis>
Gaim contains multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to a Denial of
Service.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">Gaim</product>
<announced>April 06, 2005</announced>
<revised>April 06, 2005: 03</revised>
<bug>87903</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-im/gaim" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.2.1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.2.1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a
variety of instant messaging protocols.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest release of
Gaim:
</p>
<ul><li>A buffer overread in the gaim_markup_strip_html() function,
which is used when logging conversations (CAN-2005-0965).</li>
<li>Markup tags are improperly escaped using Gaim's IRC plugin
(CAN-2005-0966).</li>
<li>Sending a specially crafted file transfer request to a Gaim Jabber
user can trigger a crash (CAN-2005-0967).</li>
</ul>
</description>
<impact type="low">
<p>
An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service by exploiting any
of these vulnerabilities.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-im/gaim-1.2.1&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0967">CAN-2005-0967</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0966">CAN-2005-0966</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0965">CAN-2005-0965</uri>
<uri link="http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/">Gaim Vulnerability Index</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:07:52 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:59:15 +0000">
lewk
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 6 Apr 2005 11:01:53 +0000">
lewk
</metadata>
</glsa>