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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Mandrake Local Security Checks >> MDKSA-2005:071: gaim Vulnerability Assessment Details
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MDKSA-2005:071: gaim |
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Check for the version of the gaim package Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2005:071 (gaim). More vulnerabilities have been discovered in the gaim instant messaging client: A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the way that gaim escapes HTML, permiting a remote attacker to send a specially crafted message to a gaim client and causing it to crash (CVE-2005-0965). A bug was discovered in several of gaim's IRC processing functions that fail to properly remove various markup tags within an IRC message. This could permit a remote attacker to send specially crafted message to a gaim client connected to an IRC server, causing it to crash (CVE-2005-0966). Finally, a problem was found in gaim's Jabber message parser that would permit a remote Jabber user to send a specially crafted message to a gaim client, bausing it to crash (CVE-2005-0967). Gaim version 1.2.1 is not vulnerable to these issues and is provided with this update. Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security |
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