RedHat: gaim url handler vulnerability
Summary
Summary
Gaim is an all-in-one instant messaging client that lets you use a number ofmessaging protocols such as AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo, all at once.Versions of gaim prior to 0.59.1 contain a bug in the URL handler ofthe manual browser option. A link can be carefully crafted to containan arbitrary shell script which will be executed if the user clicks onthe link.Users of gaim should update to these errata packages containing gaim0.59.1 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
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.
5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):
72728 - gaim 0.59.1 is released with important security and bug fixes
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 7.1:
SRPMS:
alpha:
i386:
ia64:
Red Hat Linux 7.2:
SRPMS:
i386:
ia64:
Red Hat Linux 7.3:
SRPMS:
i386:
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
0002e932420cb64588f5e711797e46be 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.1.src.rpm
106eb33125133f394b08ed72f7c30972 7.1/en/os/alpha/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.1.alpha.rpm
473264fa5149a9d39e1f5f7927646f78 7.1/en/os/i386/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.1.i386.rpm
e0c1cefbf8bf3536d1eedbdcda3dbf56 7.1/en/os/ia64/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.1.ia64.rpm
4e884de1cf2b81cc2c3a7e089daf9175 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.2.src.rpm
1799671a6b0a84a092f99e2952420baa 7.2/en/os/i386/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.2.i386.rpm
1bd079f56248badd3ec66c041fdde0df 7.2/en/os/ia64/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.2.ia64.rpm
474497f4d62662d4d37afa5d9acde99e 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.3.src.rpm
b49e9b07d9e449221bd210e5a6bd9474 7.3/en/os/i386/gaim-0.59.1-0.7.3.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:
About
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg
References
CVE -CVE-2002-0989 Copyright(c) 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc. `
Package List
Topic
Topic
Updated gaim packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and
7.3. These updates fix a vulnerability in the URL handler.
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
Bugs Fixed