1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200506-11 / gaim |
| Release Date | June 12, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | June 12, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-im/gaim | < 1.3.1 | >= 1.3.1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #95347
Gaim contains two remote Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a variety of instant messaging protocols.
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).
Both vulnerabilities cause Gaim to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.
There are no known workarounds at this time.
All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.3.1" |