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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues
      Date: March 01, 2005
      Bugs: #83253
        ID: 200503-03

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gaim which could allow a
remote attacker to crash the application.

Background
=========
Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a
variety of instant messaging protocols.

Affected packages
================
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     Package      /  Vulnerable  /                          Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  net-im/gaim       < 1.1.4                                >= 1.1.4

Description
==========
Specially crafted SNAC packets sent by other instant-messaging userscan cause Gaim to loop endlessly (CAN-2005-0472). Malformed HTML code
could lead to invalid memory accesses (CAN-2005-0208 and
CAN-2005-0473).

Impact
=====
Remote attackers could exploit these issues, resulting in a Denial of
Service.

Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
=========
All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gaim-1.1.4"

References
=========
  [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0208
          [ 2 ] CAN-2005-0472
          [ 3 ] CAN-2005-0473
        
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-03

Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Gentoo: GLSA-200503-03: Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gaim which could allow a remote attacker to crash the application.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Gaim: Multiple Denial of Service issues Date: March 01, 2005 Bugs: #83253 ID: 200503-03

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gaim which could allow a remote attacker to crash the application.
Background ========= Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a variety of instant messaging protocols.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/gaim < 1.1.4 >= 1.1.4
========== Specially crafted SNAC packets sent by other instant-messaging userscan cause Gaim to loop endlessly (CAN-2005-0472). Mal...

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