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GLSA-200504-05 : Gaim: Denial of Service issues

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17992

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-200504-05 (Gaim: Denial of Service issues)

 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.

Solution

All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/gaim-1.2.1'

See Also

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17992

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-05.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 4/7/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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: 4/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0965, CVE-2005-0966, CVE-2005-0967

GLSA: 200504-05