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Debian DSA-769-1 : gaim - memory alignment bug

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19318

Synopsis

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

Description

Szymon Zygmunt and Michal Bartoszkiewicz discovered a memory alignment error in libgadu (from ekg, console Gadu Gadu client, an instant messaging program) which is included in gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client, as well. This can not be exploited on the x86 architecture but on others, e.g. on Sparc and lead to a bus error, in other words a denial of service.

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

Solution

Upgrade the gaim package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-1.4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-769

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19318

File Name: debian_DSA-769.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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: 7/29/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2370

DSA: 769