RHEL 3 / 4 : gaim (RHSA-2005:365)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18019

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gaim package that fixes multiple denial of service issues is now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Gaim application is a multi-protocol instant messaging client.

A buffer overflow bug was found in the way gaim escapes HTML. It is possible that a remote attacker could send a specially crafted message to a Gaim client, causing it to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0965 to this issue.

A bug was found in several of gaim's IRC processing functions. These functions fail to properly remove various markup tags within an IRC message. It is possible that a remote attacker could send a specially crafted message to a Gaim client connected to an IRC server, causing it to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0966 to this issue.

A bug was found in gaim's Jabber message parser. It is possible for a remote Jabber user to send a specially crafted message to a Gaim client, causing it to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0967 to this issue.

In addition to these denial of service issues, multiple minor upstream bugfixes are included in this update.

Users of Gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains Gaim version 1.2.1 and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gaim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18019

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-365.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/12/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2005:365

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