Security Advisory (MDKSA-2004:006): gaim

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MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:006 : gaim

 

January 26th, 2004

Updated gaim packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

 

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in the gaim instant messenger program by Steffan Esser, versions 0.75 and earlier. Thanks to Jacques A. Vidrine for providing initial patches.

 

Multiple buffer overflows exist in gaim 0.75 and earlier: When parsing cookies in a Yahoo web connection; YMSG protocol overflows parsing the Yahoo login webpage; a YMSG packet overflow; flaws in the URL parser; and flaws in the HTTP Proxy connect (CAN-2004-006).

 

A buffer overflow in gaim 0.74 and earlier in the Extract Info Field Function used for MSN and YMSG protocol handlers (CAN-2004-007).

 

An integer overflow in gaim 0.74 and earlier, when allocating memory for a directIM packet results in a heap overflow (CAN-2004-0008).

 

 

The released versions of Mandrake GNU/Linux affected are:

• 9.1
  
• 9.2
  
• 9.2/AMD64
  

Full information about this advisory, including the updated packages, is available at:

www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:006

 

Other references:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2004-0006

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2004-0007

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2004-0008

 

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