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RHSA-2003-119: micq

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the micq packages

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Updated mICQ packages are available which fix a remote crash.

mICQ is an online messaging and conferencing program.

mICQ 0.4.9 and earlier permits remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) via malformed ICQ message types without a 0xFE separator character.

Users of mICQ are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages containing
mICQ version 0.4.10.2 which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-119.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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