RHEL 2.1 : gaim (RHSA-2004:045)

high Nessus Plugin ID 12459

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated Gaim packages that fix a pair of security vulnerabilities are now available.

Gaim is an instant messenger client that can handle multiple protocols.

Stefan Esser audited the Gaim source code and found a number of bugs that have security implications. Many of these bugs do not affect the version of Gaim distributed with version 2.1 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

A buffer overflow exists in the HTTP Proxy connect code. If Gaim is configured to use an HTTP proxy for connecting to a server, a malicious HTTP proxy could run arbitrary code as the user running Gaim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0006 to this issue.

An integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, when allocating memory for a directIM packet for AIM/Oscar, results in heap overflow. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0008 to this issue.

Users of Gaim should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch correcting this issue.

Red Hat would like to thank Steffan Esser for finding and reporting these issues and Jacques A. Vidrine for providing initial patches.

Solution

Update the affected gaim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 12459

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-045.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0006, CVE-2004-0008

RHSA: 2004:045

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