rhsa-2002_191
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2002-09-09 17:37
Modified
2024-11-21 22:27
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: gaim security update

Notes

Topic
Updated gaim packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. These updates fix a vulnerability in the default URL handler.
Details
Gaim is an all-in-one instant messaging client that lets you use a number of messaging 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 of the manual browser option. A link can be carefully crafted to contain an arbitrary shell script which will be executed if the user clicks on the link. Users of gaim should update to these errata packages containing gaim 0.59.1 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
Terms of Use
This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.


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