metadata/glsa/glsa-200504-05.xml

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<glsa id="200504-05">
  <title>Gaim: Denial of Service issues</title>
  <synopsis>
    Gaim contains multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to a Denial of
    Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Gaim</product>
  <announced>April 06, 2005</announced>
  <revised>April 06, 2005: 03</revised>
  <bug>87903</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-im/gaim" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a
    variety of instant messaging protocols.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest release of
    Gaim:
    </p>
    <ul><li>A buffer overread in the gaim_markup_strip_html() function,
    which is used when logging conversations (CAN-2005-0965).</li>
    <li>Markup tags are improperly escaped using Gaim's IRC plugin
    (CAN-2005-0966).</li>
    <li>Sending a specially crafted file transfer request to a Gaim Jabber
    user can trigger a crash (CAN-2005-0967).</li>
    </ul>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service by exploiting any
    of these vulnerabilities.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-im/gaim-1.2.1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0967">CAN-2005-0967</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0966">CAN-2005-0966</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0965">CAN-2005-0965</uri>
    <uri link="http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/">Gaim Vulnerability Index</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon,  4 Apr 2005 16:07:52 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon,  4 Apr 2005 16:59:15 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed,  6 Apr 2005 11:01:53 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
</glsa>