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GLSA-200503-03 : Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17250

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-200503-03 (Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues)

 Specially crafted SNAC packets sent by other instant-messaging users can cause Gaim to loop endlessly (CAN-2005-0472). Malformed HTML code could lead to invalid memory accesses (CAN-2005-0208 and CAN-2005-0473).
 Impact :

 Remote attackers could exploit these issues, resulting in a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/gaim-1.1.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17250

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-03.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/2/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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: 3/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0208, CVE-2005-0472, CVE-2005-0473

GLSA: 200503-03