Ubuntu 781-2: Gaim vulnerabilities
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==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-781-2 June 03, 2009 gaim vulnerabilities CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1376 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: gaim 1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.2 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages when sending a file using the XMPP protocol handler. If a user were tricked into sending a file, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted response and cause Gaim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-1373) It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-1376) Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Source archives: Size/MD5: 35032 018074e6f3fe79b0334b616c41db8f16 Size/MD5: 1061 fedec169b55ed59a1d258f4261d3342e Size/MD5: 4299145 949ae755e9be1af68eef6c09c36a7530 Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5: 613400 851c17117f60a8bdd7a1a7945295bb95 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon): Size/MD5: 103268 3e801c048c16f37927274e223006cf12 Size/MD5: 954312 b221c7923480c8f561b19f25602fb42d i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): Size/MD5: 103268 7c5d619c893be0613fc3e9e520180ac3 Size/MD5: 836516 36ab380abace72300ba4aa0da8af0423 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5): Size/MD5: 103266 f8d87f5da7ae492b3e5564c132afb4de Size/MD5: 924684 227c223828b0edcc564397b37281636a sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC): Size/MD5: 103252 4e6a313eced48612d2f35ab69ebd85b1 Size/MD5: 856864 9b00254efd713d0001bb7e11817e6bc3