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[GLSA-200503-03] Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200503-03

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-03
(Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues)


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.

References:
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0208
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0472
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0473


Solution:
All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.1.4"


Risk factor : Medium