RHEL 3 / 4 : gaim (RHSA-2005:627)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19423

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gaim package that fixes multiple security issues is now available.

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

Gaim is an Internet Messaging client.

A heap based buffer overflow issue was discovered in the way Gaim processes away messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted away message to a Gaim user logged into AIM or ICQ that could result in arbitrary code execution. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2103 to this issue.

Daniel Atallah discovered a denial of service issue in Gaim. A remote attacker could attempt to upload a file with a specially crafted name to a user logged into AIM or ICQ, causing Gaim to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2102 to this issue.

A denial of service bug was found in Gaim's Gadu Gadu protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message to a Gaim user logged into Gadu Gadu, causing Gaim to crash. Please note that this issue only affects PPC and IBM S/390 systems running Gaim.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2370 to this issue.

Users of gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gaim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19423

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-627.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2102, CVE-2005-2103, CVE-2005-2370

BID: 14531

RHSA: 2005:627

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