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GLSA-200408-12 : Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 14568

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-12 (Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow)

 Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team has discovered a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the code handling MSN protocol parsing.
 Impact :

 By sending a carefully-crafted message, an attacker may execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gaim.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Gaim.

Solution

All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1' # emerge '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14568

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-12.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:gaim, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0500

GLSA: 200408-12