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  Severity: High
     Title: Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilties
      Date: May 12, 2005
      Bugs: #91862
        ID: 200505-09

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Synopsis
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Gaim contains two vulnerabilities, potentially resulting in the
execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

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       < 1.3.0                                >= 1.3.0

Description
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Stu Tomlinson discovered that Gaim is vulnerable to a remote stack
based buffer overflow when receiving messages in certain protocols,
like Jabber and SILC, with a very long URL (CAN-2005-1261). Siebe
Tolsma discovered that Gaim is also vulnerable to a remote Denial of
Service attack when receiving a specially crafted MSN message
(CAN-2005-1262).

Impact
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A remote attacker could cause a buffer overflow by sending an instant
message with a very long URL, potentially leading to the execution of
malicious code. By sending a SLP message with an empty body, a remote
attacker could cause a Denial of Service or crash of the Gaim client.

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-1.3.0"

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1261
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1261
  [ 2 ] CAN-2005-1262
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1262

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

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

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-09.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