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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2005-242-03)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19860

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix some security issues. including: AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow AIM/ICQ non-UTF-8 filename crash Gadu-Gadu memory alignment bug Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version.

Solution

Update the affected gaim package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f0a4306e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19860

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-242-03.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2005

Reference Information

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

SSA: 2005-242-03