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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-12 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow |
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Date: August 12, 2004 |
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Bugs: #60034 |
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ID: 200408-12 |
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Synopsis |
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Gaim contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in |
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the MSN-protocol parsing code that may allow remote execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux which |
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supports many instant messaging protocols. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-im/gaim <= 0.81 >= 0.81-r1 |
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Description |
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Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team has discovered a remotely |
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exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the code handling MSN |
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protocol parsing. |
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Impact |
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By sending a carefully-crafted message, an attacker may execute |
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arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gaim. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to |
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upgrade to the latest available version of Gaim. |
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Resolution |
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All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1" |
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# emerge ">=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] OSVDB ID: 8382 |
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http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8382 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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