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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200408-12">
<title>Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>
Gaim contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the
MSN-protocol parsing code that may allow remote execution of arbitrary
code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">gaim</product>
<announced>August 12, 2004</announced>
<revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised>
<bug>60034</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-im/gaim" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.81-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="le">0.81</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux which
supports many instant messaging protocols.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team has discovered a remotely
exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the code handling MSN
protocol parsing.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
By sending a carefully-crafted message, an attacker may execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gaim.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version of Gaim.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1&quot;
# emerge &quot;&gt;=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8382">OSVDB ID: 8382</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0500">CVE-2004-0500</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:07:01 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>