[Full-disclosure] [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200506-11 ] Gaim: Denial of Service vulnerabilities

From: Thierry Carrez (koon_at_gentoo.org)
Date: 06/12/05

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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-11
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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
    ========

    Gaim contains two remote Denial of Service vulnerabilities.

    Background
    ==========

    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
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
      1 net-im/gaim < 1.3.1 >= 1.3.1

    Description
    ===========

    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
    ======

    Both vulnerabilities cause Gaim to crash, resulting in a Denial of
    Service.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There are no known workarounds at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:

        # emerge --sync
        # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.3.1"

    References
    ==========

      [ 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
    ============

    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?
    =========

    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
    =======

    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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