openSUSE 10 Security Update : gaim (gaim-5421)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34192

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- specially crafted MSN SLP messages could cause an integer overflow in gaim. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-2927).

Additionally a problem was fixed that prevented gaim clients from connecting to the ICQ network after a server change on July 1st 2008.

Solution

Update the affected gaim packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34192

File Name: suse_gaim-5421.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gaim-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gaim

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2927

CWE: 189

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