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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gaim (MDKSA-2005:099)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18496

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

More vulnerabilities have been discovered in the gaim IM client. The first is a remote crash with the Yahoo! protocol (CVE-2005-1269) and the second is a remote DoS in the MSN protocol (CVE-2005-1934).

These problems have been corrected in gaim 1.3.1 which is provided with this update.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18496

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-099.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2005

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:mandriva:linux:gaim, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gaim-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gaim-gevolution, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gaim-perl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gaim-silc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gaim-tcl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gaim-remote0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gaim-remote0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgaim-remote0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgaim-remote0-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1269, CVE-2005-1934

MDKSA: 2005:099