[ GLSA 200507-23 ] Kopete: Vulnerability in included Gadu library

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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:34:52 +0200

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-23
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  Severity: High
     Title: Kopete: Vulnerability in included Gadu library
      Date: July 25, 2005
      Bugs: #99754
        ID: 200507-23

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Synopsis
========

Kopete is vulnerable to several input validation vulnerabilities which
may lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and
Unix-like Operating Systems. Kopete (also part of kdenetwork) is the
KDE Instant Messenger.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 kde-base/kdenetwork < 3.4.1-r1 >= 3.4.1-r1
                                                          *>= 3.3.2-r2
  2 kde-base/kopete < 3.4.1-r1 >= 3.4.1-r1
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Kopete contains an internal copy of libgadu and is therefore subject to
several input validation vulnerabilities in libgadu.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary
code or crash Kopete.

Workaround
==========

Delete all Gadu Gadu contacts.

Resolution
==========

All Kopete users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdenetwork

All KDE Split Ebuild Kopete users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-base/kopete-3.4.1-r1"

References
==========

  [ 1 ] KDE Security Advisory: libgadu vulnerabilities
        http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt
  [ 2 ] CAN-2005-1852
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1852

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-23.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
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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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