Secunia Security Advisory - A weakness has been reported in Gaim, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gaim libgadu Memory Alignment Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16265
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16265/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Gaim 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4107/
DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Gaim, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information, see vulnerability #4 in:
SA16102
SOLUTION:
The weakness has been fixed in the CVS repository.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-769
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16102:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16102/
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