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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 >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN85-1 : gaim vulnerabilities Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN85-1 : gaim vulnerabilities |
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gaim vulnerabilities Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote package "gaim" is missing a security patch. Description : The Gaim developers discovered that the HTML parser did not sufficiently validate its input. This permited a remote attacker to crash the Gaim client by sending certain malformed HTML messages. (CVE-2005-0208, CVE-2005-0473) Another lack of sufficient input validation was found in the "Oscar" protocol handler which is used for ICQ and AIM. By sending specially crafted packets, remote users could trigger an infinite loop in Gaim which caused Gaim to become unresponsive and hang. (CVE-2005-0472) Solution : Upgrade to : - gaim-1.0.0-1ubuntu1.2 (Ubuntu 4.10) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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