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Debian DSA-734-1 : gaim - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18623

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two denial of service problems have been discovered in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2005-1269 A malformed Yahoo filename can result in a crash of the application.

 - CAN-2005-1934

 A malformed MSN message can lead to incorrect memory allocation resulting in a crash of the application.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not seem to be affected.

Solution

Upgrade the gaim package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-1.3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-734

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18623

File Name: debian_DSA-734.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2005

Reference Information

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

DSA: 734