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GLSA-200408-27 : Gaim: New vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 14583

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-200408-27 (Gaim: New vulnerabilities)

 Gaim fails to do proper bounds checking when:
 Handling MSN messages (partially fixed with GLSA 200408-12).
 Handling rich text format messages.
 Resolving local hostname.
 Receiving long URLs.
 Handling groupware messages.
 Allocating memory for webpages with fake content-length header.
 Furthermore Gaim fails to escape filenames when using drag and drop installation of smiley themes.
 Impact :

 These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to crash Gaim or execute arbitrary code or commands 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-r5' # emerge '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r5'

See Also

http://www.pidgin.im/security/index.php

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200408-27

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14583

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-27.nasl

Version: 1.15

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: 8/27/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0500, CVE-2004-0754, CVE-2004-0784, CVE-2004-0785

GLSA: 200408-27