Red Hat: gaim Multiple vulnerabilities RHSA-2004:032-01
Summary
Summary
Gaim is an instant messenger client that can handle multiple protocols.Stefan Esser audited the Gaim source code and found a number of bugs thathave security implications. Due to the nature of instant messaging many ofthese bugs require man-in-the-middle attacks between client and server.However at least one of the buffer overflows could be exploited by anattacker sending a carefully-constructed malicious message through a server.The issues include:Multiple buffer overflows that affect versions of Gaim 0.75 and earlier. 1) When parsing cookies in a Yahoo web connection, 2) YMSG protocoloverflows parsing the Yahoo login webpage, 3) a YMSG packet overflow, 4)flaws in the URL parser, and 5) flaws in HTTP Proxy connect. The CommonVulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the nameCAN-2004-0006 to these issues.A buffer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier in the Extract InfoField Function used for MSN and YMSG protocol handlers. The CommonVulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) hasassigned the name CAN-2004-0007 to this issue.An integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, when allocatingmemory for a directIM packet results in heap overflow.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) hasassigned the name CAN-2004-0008 to this issue.All users of Gaim should upgrade to these erratum packages, which containbackported security patches correcting these issues. Red Hat would like to thank Steffan Esser for finding and reporting theseissues and Jacques A. Vidrine for providing initial patches.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
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5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):
113845 - CAN-2004-0006/7/8 Multiple vulnerabilities in Gaim
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 9:
SRPMS:
i386:
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
eaf62f33af192f2cb049cc8593f35aae 9/en/os/SRPMS/gaim-0.75-0.9.0.src.rpm
27835ea8b63b3e876ab18c73e8e7fbd6 9/en/os/i386/gaim-0.75-0.9.0.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is
available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
md5sum
Package List
Topic
Topic
Updated Gaim packages that fix a number of serious vulnerabilities are now
available.
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
Bugs Fixed
