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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51251
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2002:122
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2002:122.

Updated gaim packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server.
These updates fix a buffer overflow in the Jabber plug-in module.

Gaim is an instant messaging client based on the published TOC protocol
from AOL. Versions of gaim prior to 0.58 contain a buffer overflow in the
Jabber plug-in module.

Users of gaim should update to these errata packages containing gaim
0.59 which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Please note that gaim version 0.57 had an additional security problem
which has been fixed in version 0.58 (CVE-2002-0377)
however, Red Hat
Linux Advanced Server did not ship with version 0.57 and was not vulnerable
to this issue.

[update 14 Aug 2002]
Previous packages pushed were not signed, this update replaces the packages
with signed versions

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-122.html
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-0384
BugTraq ID: 5406
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5406
HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBTL0208-057
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4358
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054
http://www.osvdb.org/3729
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-098.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-107.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-122.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-156.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9766.php
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-0377
BugTraq ID: 4730
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4730
Bugtraq: 20020512 Gaim abritary Email Reading (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102130733815285&w=2
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q2/0584.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9061.php
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