[ GLSA 200506-11 ] Gaim: Denial of Service vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:59:06 +0200
From: Thierry Carrez <koon@gentoo.org.>
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Subject: [ GLSA 200506-11 ] Gaim: Denial of Service vulnerabilities
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-11
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Gaim: Denial of Service vulnerabilities
Date: June 12, 2005
Bugs: #95347
ID: 200506-11
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Synopsis
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Gaim contains two remote Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Background
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Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a
variety of instant messaging protocols.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/gaim < 1.3.1 >= 1.3.1
Description
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Jacopo Ottaviani discovered a vulnerability in the Yahoo! file transfer
code when being offered files with names containing non-ASCII
characters (CAN-2005-1269).
Hugo de Bokkenrijder discovered a vulnerability when receiving
malformed MSN messages (CAN-2005-1934).
Impact
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Both vulnerabilities cause Gaim to crash, resulting in a Denial of
Service.
Workaround
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There are no known workarounds at this time.
Resolution
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All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.3.1"
References
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[ 1 ] Gaim Vulnerability: Remote Yahoo! crash
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=18
[ 2 ] Gaim Vulnerability: MSN Remote DoS
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=19
[ 3 ] CAN-2005-1269
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1269
[ 4 ] CAN-2005-1934
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1934
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-11.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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