RHSA-2005:627

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2005-08-10 03:54 - Updated: 2005-08-09 00:00
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: gaim security update
Severity
Critical
Notes
Topic: An updated gaim package that fixes multiple security issues is now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details: Gaim is an Internet Messaging client. A heap based buffer overflow issue was discovered in the way Gaim processes away messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted away message to a Gaim user logged into AIM or ICQ that could result in arbitrary code execution. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-2103 to this issue. Daniel Atallah discovered a denial of service issue in Gaim. A remote attacker could attempt to upload a file with a specially crafted name to a user logged into AIM or ICQ, causing Gaim to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-2102 to this issue. A denial of service bug was found in Gaim's Gadu Gadu protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message to a Gaim user logged into Gadu Gadu, causing Gaim to crash. Please note that this issue only affects PPC and IBM S/390 systems running Gaim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-2370 to this issue. Users of gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to these issues.
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CVE-2005-2102

The AIM/ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a filename that contains invalid UTF-8 characters.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat
 —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Low
CVE-2005-2103

Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n.

Affected products
Fixed 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2005-2102
Threats
Impact Critical
CVE-2005-2370

Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain architectures such as SPARC via an incoming message.

Affected products
Fixed 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2005-2102
Threats
Impact Low
References
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