GLSA 200504-05: Gaim: Denial of Service issues

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Severity:	low
Title:	Gaim: Denial of Service issues
Date:	04/06/2005
Bugs:	#87903
ID:	200504-05

Synopsis

Gaim contains multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to a Denial of Service.

Background

Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a variety of instant messaging protocols.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-im/gaim	< 1.2.1	>= 1.2.1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest release of Gaim:

A buffer overread in the gaim_markup_strip_html() function, which is used when logging conversations (CAN-2005-0965).
Markup tags are improperly escaped using Gaim's IRC plugin (CAN-2005-0966).
Sending a specially crafted file transfer request to a Gaim Jabber user can trigger a crash (CAN-2005-0967).

Impact

An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service by exploiting any of these vulnerabilities.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.2.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-05.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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.