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68 lines
2.3 KiB
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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="200505-09">
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<title>Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilties</title>
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<synopsis>
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Gaim contains two vulnerabilities, potentially resulting in the execution
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of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gaim</product>
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<announced>2005-05-12</announced>
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<revised count="01">2005-05-12</revised>
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<bug>91862</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">1.3.0</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.3.0</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 full featured instant messaging client which handles a
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variety of 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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Stu Tomlinson discovered that Gaim is vulnerable to a remote stack
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based buffer overflow when receiving messages in certain protocols,
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like Jabber and SILC, with a very long URL (CAN-2005-1261). Siebe
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Tolsma discovered that Gaim is also vulnerable to a remote Denial of
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Service attack when receiving a specially crafted MSN message
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(CAN-2005-1262).
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could cause a buffer overflow by sending an
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instant message with a very long URL, potentially leading to the
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execution of malicious code. By sending a SLP message with an empty
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body, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service or crash of the
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Gaim client.
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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 are no known workarounds at this time.
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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 --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.3.0"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1261">CAN-2005-1261</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1262">CAN-2005-1262</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-05-11T11:51:15Z">
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DerCorny
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-05-12T04:18:52Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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